Michael Pascoe

Michael is the contributing editor for The New Daily. Journalist, commentator, speaker, rugby follower, would prefer to be skiing. His book, The Summertime of Our Dreams, is published by Ultimo Press.

Michael's recent articles

MICHAEL PASCOE. Profit-rich private health insurers burning billions on non-health costs

Australian capitalisms sheltered workshop, the private health insurance industry, is burning billions of dollars a year unrelated to Australians health.

MICHAEL PASCOE. Budget 2018: The Middle Australia tax cuts are a con

No, Scott Morrison is not promising average Australians significant tax cuts. To use a technical term, the proposed cuts are bugger all.The Treasurer is promising a radical flattening of the tax scale to primarily benefit the top tier of income earners.

MICHAEL PASCOE. Its confession time and theres much for the government to confess

If confession is good for the soul, key government figures should be mightily uplifted by the admissions now pouring out of them, however obliquely.

MICHAEL PASCOE. The reality of our 'scary' China confrontation.

Fresh on the heels of the Chinese invasion of Vanuatu that wasnt, febrile minds have been seized by the headline-grabbing story of a Chinese navy confrontation with the Royal Australian Navy.The Prime Minister was quicklyready in Londonto assert Australias right to freedom of navigation in the South China Sea.Well, I suppose thats more fun for Mr Turnbull than talking about his role in the battle against the banking royal commission.But before the usual Sinophobe chorus orders all hands on deck and an issue of rum, it might be worth keeping the confrontation in perspective.

MICHAEL PASCOE. The banking royal commission its even worse than it looks

If you think the banking royal commission is big, youre wrong. Its much bigger.

MICHAEL PASCOE. Whats the story behind the Dastyari story?

What do leaking spooks, a dashed Dastyari and a dubious donor say about our most important trade partner?

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