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STEPHEN KOUKOULAS: Labor's 2025-26 Budget is close to pitch-perfect

The Budget's current settings indicate favourable conditions and an enviable economic outlook, ...  
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EDITORIAL — STEPHEN KOUKOULAS: Labor's 2025-26 Budget is close to pitch-perfect

The Budget's current settings indicate favourable conditions and an enviable economic outlook, ...  
Dutton’s Dickensian working-from-home ban

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton channels Ebenezer Scrooge as he promises to ban working from home ...  
ABC News continues to falsify Australia’s strong economic recovery

Following the lead of Sky News and the Murdoch newspapers, Australia's national broadcaster is m ...  
'Lame-stream' media lets Angus Taylor's lies go unchecked

As the next Federal Election approaches, misinformation from senior Liberals is increasing alar ...  
Dutton's vow to slash public servant numbers another Coalition disaster

Peter Dutton says he wants to increase government efficiency but beyond wanting to cut public ...  
Albo and Dr Jim steadily reduce poverty and homelessness — at last

While more still needs to be done, efforts to combat severe disadvantage in Australia are worki ...  
The Lattouf trial: A question of bias at the ABC

Democratic freedoms, employee rights and public trust in the national broadcaster are all on trial ...  
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EDITORIAL — The Lattouf trial: A question of bias at the ABC

It says a lot about the state of our Fourth Estate when the publicly-funded national broadcaster ...  
Working holidaymakers contributing strongly to net migration

Several policy changes and a strong labour market have led to a surge in working holidaymakers ...  
IA Writing Competition Most Enthralling Creative Work 2024: Changing the words

This poem by Karen Throssell is the winner of the 2024 Independent Australia Writing Competition ...  
If the cap fits... maybe use it to pull one over on the boss?

Mick and the boys meet a sharp-dressed man with a cunning plan to get out of work.  
Master Builders Association doing Australia no favours on immigration policy

MBA's egregious claims illustrate how astonishingly lost they are on immigration policy.  
Australia’s economic data does not compute

GDP at odds with labour force data sets suggesting easier monetary policy is needed.  
Skilled temporary entrant stocks rising with no place to go

With numbers of skilled temporary entrants on the rise, the Government may be facing a dilemma ...  
Australia's productivity not as bad as you've been told

What if there is no productivity crisis in Australia and all of the concerns about the “disma ...  
Australia's data-driven future will transform economy and workforce

The rise of data-driven technologies is profoundly influencing global economic trends, labour ...  
Opposition plans to scrap worker safeguards

An interview with Senator Jane Hume has revealed the Opposition's plans to scrap legislation that ...  
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