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New plan needed to deliver 6G technological and revenue benefits

6G may deliver another technological revolution, but it may not deliver much hoped-for revenue ...  
Budget tough love could deliver Labor an election-winning surplus

Treasurer Jim Chalmers could turn Labor’s political fortunes around with spending cuts that ...  
Proposed GST rise will cause political pain for little gain

An expanded GST – proposed by the Grattan Institute – won’t benefit Australians; in fact, it ...  
The corporations paying diddly squat in tax, putting the burden on the rest of us

It's not too presumptuous for the community to expect legitimate tax loopholes to be eliminated ...  
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EDITORIAL: The corporations paying diddly squat in tax, putting the burden on the rest of us

It’s a pity Australian governments rarely match the gargantuan resources invested in recovering ...  
Timely advice to Treasurer Chalmers: Stop relying on the RBA

Former RBA Governor Bernie Fraser’s criticism of interest rate policy offers Treasurer Jim ...  
Australia's new Far Right lobby groups: Why you can't see the books

Far-Right lobbyists are raising public money through private companies with no published accounts ...  
AI bubble threatens economic collapse as tech billionaires embrace apocalypse

The AI investment frenzy threatens economic catastrophe, fuelled by billionaire greed, political ...  
RBA's extreme interest rates push economy towards potential recession

With unemployment rising, house prices falling and consumer confidence plunging, the RBA's aggr ...  
Latest jobs dataset confirms Australia leads the world again

While the Albanese Government guides the economy ever higher in global rankings, the malignant ...  
A picture guide to how productivity is making Australians better off

To help those in high office struggling to understand the economy, Alan Austin has prepared this ...  
How Australia’s economic high priests sold the neoliberal lie

For decades, Australia’s economic commentariat has dressed neoliberal ideology as objective ...  
Profound ignorance displayed in interest rates fake outrage

Economic analysis in most of Australia’s media last week was more manipulation than informati ...  
RBA rate rise risks turning oil shock into recession

The Reserve Bank has lifted interest rates to 4.6%, but higher rates cannot fix oil-driven infl ...  
Cost of living pressures fuel Coalition policy folly

The skyrocketing global oil price in recent weeks has reignited the debate on cost of living ...  
Falsehoods about Australia’s productivity: Malicious intent or stupidity?

Commentators continue to vilify the Albanese Government with nonsensical claims about the econo ...  
First home buyers play Australia's stamp duty postcode lottery

First home buyer's stamp duty can vary from $0 to $40,000 depending on their Australian post ...  
Democracy and the secular faith of economics

Economic orthodoxy has survived repeated crises by protecting asset wealth and treating its own ...  
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