Mortgage stress now grips 42 per cent of Australian households, according to a UNSW City Futures Research Centre survey. This is a sharp increase from 30 per cent in February 2020.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement of the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) alliance explodes the myth that by standing up to China, Australia is defending its “sovereignty”.
Anyone still not convinced Australia’s property bubble is close to bursting should take note of a trifecta of recent warnings: forecasts of a major contraction in construction by industry insiders, a major reversal in international capital flows t