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Economics
Newsrooms sook at substantial national reform and global successes

As evidence of economic progress piles up, the anti-Labor reporters redouble efforts to deceive ...  
David Jones collapse — no one gets the blame, everyone gets the bill

When a small shop closes, people say the owner got it wrong. When an icon falls, it's the econ ...  
Fair go for some, economic hardship for others in wealthy Australia

Do we really want Australia to become a nation of winners & losers, where food & financial securit ...  
Australia's housing crisis exposes the failures of capitalism

Australia’s worsening housing crisis exposes an economic system that puts profit before people ...  
Budget tough love could deliver Labor an election-winning surplus

Treasurer Jim Chalmers could turn Labor’s political fortunes around with spending cuts that ...  
Shoebridge portends change, but maybe not for the better

Senator David Shoebridge’s landmark speech in Canberra last week has raised serious concerns.  
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 ...  
Migration numbers fall as political promises face reality

Australia’s migration numbers are falling, but the major parties’ competing targets reveal a ...  
Capitalist economic crisis spills onto the streets of France

A capitalist economic crisis has erupted on the streets of France, with citizens protesting ...  
Baby boomer greed: A death pact disguised as a balance sheet

Boomers systematically dismantled every collective mechanism of solidarity; they left behind no ...  
Working from home for over-55s: Fair Work puts productivity before preference

New Fair Work ruling finds over-55s can ask to work from home if they can establish a connection ...  
Asia-Pacific's fight against poverty shows progress and promise

Decades of progress in reducing poverty across Asia-Pacific offer hope for a more equitable ...  
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 AI ambitions expose the folly of short-term broadband policy

Australia’s costly detour through copper-based NBN connections showed what happens when national ...  
RBA's extreme interest rates push economy towards potential recession

With unemployment rising, house prices falling and consumer confidence plunging, the RBA's aggr ...  
One Nation's immigration policy comes with a multibillion-dollar price tag

One Nation’s proposed immigration cuts could cost taxpayers billions, devastate universities and ...  
Latest jobs dataset confirms Australia leads the world again

While the Albanese Government guides the economy ever higher in global rankings, the malignant ...  
NSW DAMA to test One Nation and the Coalition

NSW Government plans to increase migration to regional NSW, which could impact One Nation and ...  
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