Pearlcast: a year that overturned the old certainties
As 2025 draws to a close, the temptation is to look for neat summaries and settled conclusions. But in the latest episode of our podcast Pearlcast, that impulse is firmly resisted.
Recent articles in Pearlcast
7 October 2025
Loot boxes are still rife in kids’ mobile games, despite ban on ‘gambling-like’ features
In September 2024, Australia introduced a new classification approach for games with gambling-like content.
22 March 2025
The outlook for house insurance is much worse than we’re being told
The big news on house insurance this week was the response of the insurance industry’s peak body to a parliamentary committee’s extensive criticisms of its treatment of people claiming on their policies after the massive floods of 2022.
15 July 2024
For-profit health insurance not adding up
An unprecedented standoff between health insurer NIB and the St Vincent’s Health Australia has captured headlines for the potential high out-of-pocket costs for thousands of hospital patients.