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,...

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...

RedBridge Parramatta and Penrith Poll

NSW Labor’s pathway to victory is a difficult one. That difficulty is in part compounded by the unprecedented housing boom in this country, where most Australians now sit on mortgages that are up to 15 times their annual salary.   The epicenter of this housing...