Tarric Brooker

Tarric is an Australian freelance journalist and independent analyst who covers economics, finance, and geopolitics. Tarric is the author of the Avid Commentator Report. His works have appeared in The Washington DC Examiner, The Spectator, The Sydney Morning Herald, News.com.au, among other places.

One Nation is now the federal opposition

The latest Newspoll revealed the enormity of the seismic shifts occurring in the tectonic plates that underpin federal politics.

Trump backs super for housing

In the years since the onset of the pandemic, the cost of American housing has risen to its highest level ever relative to incomes, significantly exceeding even the peak of affordability concerns during the previous U.S.

The growing threat of the Albanese ascendancy

When the Albanese government was returned to power at the May 2025 federal election, it achieved the strongest result for a first-term government returning to the ballot box since at least World War 2.

Big Australia strategy backfires badly

With the release of the latest gross operating company profit data from the ABS, it was revealed that they were flat in nominal terms for the quarter, despite analysts expecting a 1.5% quarter-over-quarter rise.

Welcome to Australian austerity

Since the Albanese government came to power in May 2022, the size of day-to-day government spending relative to GDP has gotten larger and larger, to the point where only the absolute height of the Covid panic saw government playing a greater role in the economy.

Most Australians went backwards in 2025

With the release of the latest Commonwealth Bank Household Spending data, it was revealed that for yet another year most households saw their spending go backwards once adjusted for inflation.

Net long term and permanent arrivals hit new year to November high

In the not too distant past the metric net long term and permanent arrivals was a pedestrian and almost boring indicator for most, used by the like’s of the federal government’s Centre For Population as a leading directional indicator for future migration flows and by extension population growth.

Australia’s doors to be opened by treaty to 450m people?

Since 2018, the Australian government has been attempting to negotiate what is one of the toughest and most time-consuming diplomatic agreements in the world: a free trade agreement with the European Union (EU).

Australian housing policy fails on purpose

When the government of Prime Minister Robert Menzies was elected in 1949, it came with a pledge to focus on raising home ownership rates and giving Australians a stake in society.

Why Trump obsesses over Greenland

In recent months, the evolution of events and rhetoric over Greenland has been absolutely unprecedented.

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