Natasha Poole

Higher interest rates on the cards

12 November 2023 4:46 pm

The IMF recently warned the Australian federal government and Reserve Bank of Australia that they needed to take a more…

New Zealand: out with the old, in with the new

15 October 2023 1:26 am

With Christopher Luxon now the next New Zealand Prime Minister and a majority about to be formed in Parliament via…

An end to pandemonium in New Zealand?

8 October 2023 1:39 am

With the New Zealand 2023 General Election taking place very soon and voting now open both abroad and at home,…

The case for a September interest rate rise pause

4 September 2023 5:00 am

With another RBA meeting due to occur shortly, the speculation around interest rate rises is certainly not unexpected. The CPI…

Putting maths back on the curriculum

9 August 2023 3:00 am

The past 10 years, as every generation states, have taken a drastic turn with regard to the literacy and numeracy…

Finding truth in the shadows of social media

2 July 2023 4:00 am

As more time is being spent scrolling through social media than reading books, our ability to identify fiction and differentiate…

Education, education, education

16 June 2023 4:00 am

It is indubitable that a good education leads to a better life for those who are fortunate enough to receive…

Back to gold

24 June 2022 7:00 am

With the ASX having hit its lowest point since December 2020 earlier this week, and housing prices in major cities…

Wokeness, welfare, and societal decline

18 June 2022 8:00 am

Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Today’s fiddle is ‘Woke’ and it will be the West’s undoing if left unchecked. Busy…

Crypto: the opposite of a Kantian investment

8 June 2022 2:00 pm

‘Fashion is a form of ugliness so despicable it has to be changed every six months.’ – Oscar Wilde.  Therein…

The Pacific flirts with China at its own risk

3 June 2022 1:00 pm

Forewarned is forearmed… As China’s Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, visits the nations of the Pacific, the rest of the world…

Will Albo follow in the footsteps of Jacinda Ardern?

18 May 2022 12:30 pm

Will the Australian Labor Party follow in the footsteps of New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern? Australia is one of the least…

Karl Marx wouldn’t fancy Xi Jinping

8 May 2022 11:00 am

The essence of communism (in case you haven’t managed to grab a copy of Karl Marx’s The Communist Manifesto), is that everything…

Mandatory voting: a moral obligation

30 April 2022 10:00 am

Australia is one of only 22 countries in the world that has compulsory voting for all citizens. Out of these…

New Zealand 'trusts' China on extradition

24 April 2022 4:00 am

New Zealand’s Foreign Minister, under Ardern’s Labour government, has set another scary precedent in relation to China. ‘I don’t think…

Spotting cracks in the first home deposit scheme

15 April 2022 2:00 pm

Canberra’s extension of the First Home Deposit Scheme, Regional Home and Family Home Guarantees is set to put another 50,000 Australians…

Crypto, hypocrisy, and the end of capitalism

6 April 2022 12:00 pm

China’s attempt to usurp the USD could turn out to be the beginning of crypto regulation and the end of…