How a housing boom killed off Menzies’ forgotten Australians

On May 22nd, 1942 Robert Menzies delivered the first of his weekly broadcasts, one which defined his political career for the next two decades. In this keynote speech, he labeled Australia’s then middle class as the forgotten people. Salary earners, shopkeepers,...

Looking into the eye of the storm

There’s a term that gets used in political circles that always gets my blood up: low information voters. It’s supposed to refer to people who make their voting decisions based on a paucity of information. These are the folk who change channels whenever they see a...

Melbourne the most livable city for the landed gentry

Only five suburbs in Melbourne are now accessible to low income earners. Melbourne’s median house price has now tipped over $900,000, an ominous achievement largely driven by over 150 of this city’s suburbs now carrying a $1 million dollar price tag. In just under 12...

The Problem with Small Town Australia

Over the last decade, much has been published and discussed about the mounting challenges faced by Social Democratic parties right across the developed world. In Greece, the once dominant PASOK was felled by a combination of the GFC and its inability to disentangle...