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Chief economist update: It's about human life, not human rights

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... The actions of a few selfish, stupid, human rights placard-carrying Karens have now further limited the freedom of Victorians all - among which is a daily curfew that prohibits Melburnians from leaving their homes between 8pm and 5am unless for "work ...

Chief economist update: Haste makes Budget waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... Victorian government has upped restrictive precautions -- starting this coming Thursday, you won't be able to tell Victorians from Michael Jackson for we all will be required to don masks in public. Stage 4 restrictions are already planned should ...

Chief economist update: Stop right now, thank you very much

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... Victoria is now a pariah state, with the country's five other states and two territories closing their borders to Victorians. Not only that, Geelong and Ballarat - both in Victoria - had closed their borders to Melburnians. The multiplying number ...

Chief economist update: We're all Victorians now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... re-impose a lockdown on the 8th of July while, almost at the same time, its neighbouring states closed its borders to Victorians. Still, what happens in Victoria isn't staying in Victoria, as reports that some cases of infection have jumped into ...

Melburnians back in the lockup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... jumped from nil on the 8th of June to 191 on the 6th of July - more than the previous high of 106 recorded on 27 March. Victorians not welcome. In order to ensure that what's happening in Victoria stays in Victoria, all other Australian state governments ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's secret

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... is a sign stating "No dogs or Chinese" that draws the ire of the legendary Bruce Lee. But Australians are not seeing Victorians punching, kicking and screaming when the nation's five states and two territories put up the "No Victorians allowed" signs ...

Chief economist update: The All Ords' ups, downs and ups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... the Andrews government to again lockdown 36 suburbs and other states laying out the you're not welcome mat for Victorians. The Victorian experience brings home the risk of a second wave that threatens the RBA's recent assessment that "the economic ...

Chief economist update: Still the best and better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... premier Gladys Berejiklian urging Sydneysiders not to travel to Melbourne "unless they have to" while indicating that Victorians are not welcome north of the border. As Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt put it: "We're operating as one single country... ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's Cinderella moment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... first fitness patrons. Before that, a number of restaurants have posted signs that they'll reopen on June 22....and we, Victorians, could have our favoured tipple without ordering meals at any pub. Instead, it turned into a reversed Cinderella story. ...

Australians prioritise car cover over life insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... South Wales, 69% will have car insurance cover, while only 33% are covered for life insurance. Seventy-five percent of Victorians have car insurance, and only 30% have life insurance. The Productivity Commission estimates about 12 million Australians ...