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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 ...  
Coalition and One Nation migration plans built on false assumptions

Coalition and One Nation promises to slash migration rely on unrealistic targets for reducing ...  
Democracy and the wealth divide: When prosperity fails the people

National wealth and economic growth mean little for democracy when prosperity is concentrated in ...  
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 ...  
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EXCLUSIVE: Coalition's migration targets clash with its own policies

From labour shortages to industry pressure, everything points to the Coalition failing to deliver ...  
Red Sea conflict threatens global trade and supply chains

Escalating conflict in the Red Sea threatens to disrupt global shipping, drive up costs and ...  
How Australia’s economic high priests sold the neoliberal lie

For decades, Australia’s economic commentariat has dressed neoliberal ideology as objective ...  
AI deepfakes and identity theft changing methods of proving identity

AI is destroying our old methods of proving identity and our security systems must catch up.  
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