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Boycott newsroom liars and restore Australia’s absent self-assurance

Experiences abroad show how to heal Australia’s debilitating social malaise, reports Alan ...  
War on cash gets the nod after Cash-led Coalition backflip

Cash mandate regulations, which will make it harder to use cash, look set to go ahead after ...  
Hastie’s break with neoliberalism puts business on notice

With Liberal leadership aspirant Andrew Hastie expressing openly challenging "neoliberalism", ...  
Democratic promise to algorithmic power: How social media reshaped truth

Social media began as a tool with democratic promise, but it has evolved into a system that ...  
Will the RBA choose a recession for Australia?

The Reserve Bank could kill talk of recession stone dead if it wanted to, writes Stephen Koukou ...  
Specialists refuse to correctly diagnose best economy ever

Only once has Australia’s economy achieved near-perfect health. The newsrooms failed to track ...  
Should the ABC be privatised? A modest (re-e)valuation

ABC staff walked off the job last week and the public broadcaster instantly switched to BBC pr ...  
Capital Gains Tax reform could spell the end of neoliberal Australia

Australia’s debate around tax reform challenges a system that has driven inequality and locked ...  
The war against Iran: Lessons still unlearned

The war that has been unleashed on Iran by the United States and Israel has quickly turned into a ...  
Regulatory capture: How lobbyists and banks shape Australia’s rules

Powerful industries have quietly captured Australia’s regulators, leaving consumers and the ...  
No longer true that the rich keep getting richer as the poor get poorer

Recent data confirms current policies are gradually reversing Australia’s chronic inequality.  
Rejoice! Some fabulous surprises in the latest economic news

The run of recent news on the Australian economy is unambiguously good.  
Silk Silver Opium: The trade with China that changed history

Historian Michael Pembroke has offered valuable insight into how China has developed into the ...  
Australia rejoins the global economic elite

The 2025 fourth quarter results confirm Australia’s economy is again among the world’s best ...  
Albanese, your moment of truth is now

Political luck has carried Albanese this far; only bold reform will define what comes next.  
Why citizens in such a wealthy country are angry and depressed

The more their quality of life improves, the sadder some Australians seem to become.  
Tim Wilson’s inflation cure: Unemployment as collateral damage

A proposal to prioritise inflation over employment would make higher joblessness the deliberate ...  
Australia: Still a client state in a corporate empire

From British imperial control to multinational corporate dominance, Australia’s economic inde ...  
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