Economics
Fertility rate falls: More and more Australians are choosing to be child-free

For a growing number of Australians, the decision to remain child-free is a rational calculation ...  
Sovereignty surrendered: U.S. firm Palantir invited into the engine room of ADF

Defence software sovereignty is outsourced to U.S. firm Palantir in a $7.6 million limited tender ...  
Jacinta Allan Victoria's best bet due to rabid media's unhinged disdain

The “Ditch the Witch” campaign is back, now directed at Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan, and ...  
The deal that could balance the government's books as well as our own

A social new deal that can balance the government's books as well as our own, eliminating aust ...  
The Starlink challenge: Australia's next hyperscaler problem

Starlink's long-term ambitions appear to extend well beyond telecommunications access.  
FROM WARFARE TO WEALTH — The $368 billion question: What AUKUS is really costing us

Australia's promised AUKUS jobs boom comes at an extraordinary cost, with billions flowing over ...  
The fair go has got up and gone

Australia can keep telling itself the fair go is alive, but fairness is not a slogan or kerosene ...  
Centre v Right populism: Same grievances, different answers

Can Community Strong Australia deliver policies that address the economic conditions driving ...  
Australia's wealth belongs to its people, not foreign corporations

Despite its vast natural wealth, too many Australians are missing out on its benefits.  
Australia's workforce crisis starts with unpaid placement

Australia says it desperately needs teachers, nurses, social workers and care professionals, yet ...  
The time is ripe for a universal basic income

A universal basic income frees people from the fear of falling into poverty, stabilises labour ...  
End of an era: Australia's NBN watchdog can finally stand down

NBN watchdog closure signals that the broadband performance problems that prompted its creation ...  
Good news! Housing is getting more and more affordable

Strong income growth, softer house prices and a more favourable interest rate outlook suggest ...  
Australia’s newsrooms continue to suppress vital information

Australia is enjoying a rare era of sustained economic calm and stability, which the mainstream ...  
Make Australia fair dinkum again

Rising inequality, not immigration, lies at the heart of the nation's growing social and econ ...  
The economic problem AI can't solve on its own

Artificial intelligence may boost productivity and profits, but without sufficient demand in the ...  
Gen X backing billionaires to solve the problems those billionaires helped create

Billionaires rarely go into politics because of heartfelt concern for your rent, your food bill ...  
PHON fear mongers fail when communities function

Fear of the stranger needs strangers; it can’t survive a street where everyone says hello.  
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