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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.  
Australia’s productivity problem may be impossible to measure

Australia’s productivity debate overlooks a fundamental flaw: across much of the economy, ...  
Profound ignorance displayed in interest rates fake outrage

Economic analysis in most of Australia’s media last week was more manipulation than informati ...  
Sorry AI and war are pushing prices up but it is what it is

AI and war contributed to this week's interest rate rise. Everyone is sorry; no one is resp ...  
Angus Taylor's culture wars won't save the Coalition

Angus Taylor harping on about wokeness and culture war politics could drive more voters to One ...  
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 ...  
Australia's craven newsrooms suffer worst week in a very bad year

The mainstream media continue to deny the positives, amplify the negatives and fabricate falseh ...  
Australia’s efficiency obsession has created a culture of distrust

Australia’s obsession with metrics, audits and managerial efficiency has created a culture of ...  
Democracy demands more than a vote

Democracy demands more than elections, requiring both the power to challenge governments and the ...  
Fuel crisis exposes Australia’s need for greater self-reliance

Global fuel disruptions are exposing Australia’s vulnerabilities and strengthening the case for ...  
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 ...  
Burke's immigration plan commits to net overseas migration targets

Tony Burke's immigration policy changes are like a Curate's Egg - good in parts, but are they enou ...  
One Nation's immigration plan: A dystopian future for Australia

Imagining a dystopian future that would befall Australia under One Nation's immigration plan ...  
Australia’s short-term politics are failing our future

Political short-termism is undermining our future, as growing challenges demand courageous, ...  
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