Finance
Modern monetary theory opens range of economic possibilities

After years of being ignored, the Modern Monetary Theory school of economic thought is escaping ...  
Bank regulator bogged in own data mess

Data released by Australia's banking regulator has caused a stir in the media with reports of ...  
Australians massively adopt digital payment systems

As cash slowly becomes less popular, a staggering number of Australians are relying on digital ...  
Banking Inquiry highlights immense disconnect with regional Australia

The latest questioning in the Senate Inquiry into regional bank closures has demonstrated how out ...  
Old, sick or dead? You still need to come and see the chemist

If your business relies on ripping off staff, taxpayers and other assorted bystanders – or needs ...  
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If your business relies on ripping off staff, taxpayers and other assorted bystanders – or ...  
Hearing exposes regional banks' pattern of profit over people

Hearings into regional bank closures in WA have exposed the level of corporate greed rampant ...  
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Questions for the Treasurer on his early Intergenerational Report

With a new Intergenerational Report being released three years early, questions are being raised ...  
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Global wealth report confirms Coalition incompetence right to the end

The steady decay in Australia’s wealth generation capacity continued throughout the Liberal ...  
Investigation
Federal privacy regulator starts investigation into Grubisa's businesses

The investigations into the activities of Dominique Grubisa’s businesses keep coming. This time ...  
Australia can afford to fix the damage done by interest rate hikes

While interest rates and the cost of living continue to cripple us, rethinking our economic system ...  
Government secretly axes panel of PwC tax partners

An Australian Government tax “advisory” panel has been scrapped after more than two decades as ...  
Commonwealth Bank: Shifting goalposts and shutting doors

Banks are closing, despite an assurance given to the Senate Inquiry by the Commonwealth Bank that ...  
RBA's heavy-duty rate rises a lethal tactic in class warfare

The Reserve Bank of Australia has repeatedly raised interest rates to counter inflation while ...  
Reserve Bank ignorant to truth behind Australia's inflation

The Reserve Bank is blaming our soaring inflation on wage pressure, whereas economists argue the ...  
NAB data accounting for bank closures not the full quid

The National Australia Bank has been pulling a swifty on customers who have lost branches since ...  
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Reserve Bank has gone mad

The successive rises in the cash rate by the RBA leave one doubting the intelligence of its ...  
Cost of living crisis fuels surge in foreign dividends

New economic reports are examining the causes of recent high inflation in Australia and suggesting ...  

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