Justin Pyvis.
Justin has a PhD in economics and 20+ years of experience in policy and investment analysis from working at the WA Treasury and AECOM in Perth, and Aletheia Capital in Hong Kong.
Posts by Justin Pyvis
Efficiency or revenue?
29 May 2026Treasury defends the tax hikes; Australia's economy might be slowing down; and Budget fun across the ditch.
It's not about the water
28 May 2026The arguments against data centres are a classic Gish Gallop designed to rile up emotions and obstruct investment.
A tax on capital is a tax on wages
25 May 2026Australia's capital per worker hasn't grown in a decade, yet Labor's response is to tax it harder.
Nth-best
22 May 2026Treasury shows its work; The term premium returns... or does it; and Time to dust off your paper air-plane skills.
Is there a crisis facing men?
20 May 2026The data on young men is genuinely mixed. You wouldn't know it from the commentary.
Why markets didn't react to Australia's budget
18 May 2026The most controversial budget since 1993, and the bond market didn't bat an eye.
Chiefs of the salary cap
16 May 2026How Australian taxpayers are buying PNG an NRL premiership.
Did Labor just jump the shark?
13 May 2026The next Australian election just went from a sure thing to wide open.
The one line that matters in Australia's Budget
12 May 2026If you want to know whether a government is leaving the next generation better off, watch what it spends, not what it taxes.
Why Western Australia is squandering generational wealth
10 May 2026And how to fix it for the future.