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$368 billion leagues under the sea: The Opportunity Cost of staying afloat

The subject of this story is Opportunity Cost, which is an economics term that refers to the ...  
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$368 billion leagues under the sea: The Opportunity Cost of staying afloat

The subject of this story is Opportunity Cost, which is an economics term that refers to the ...  
Deteriorating health, housing and education upshot of inequality

A broken promise is of no consequence when $254 billion for tax relief could be used for deteri ...  
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Urgent need for Australia to generate creative future housing solutions

After nine years of Coalition failure, the Albanese Government has an opportunity to lead the ...  
Population growth fuelling the housing crisis fire

While Australia's booming population is a contributing factor to the housing crisis, other elem ...  
Donald Trump the least of USA's problems

While much media focus is on Donald Trump's indictment, there are still many social, economic and ...  
The 'radical centre' needs to reclaim the debate around immigration

Migration has benefits, but it is politically, socially and economically concerning on a mass ...  
A vision for remaking the Western world

Progressive economist Yanis Varoufakis recently gave a talk in Geneva on ways to improve the ...  
Government clever at making us believe we're paying less tax

By cleverly pushing payments out of one column and into another, federal governments have bambo ...  
Australia's foreign policy now run by the military

The AUKUS deal and Australia's commitment to costly submarines have raised concerns that our ...  
Productivity Commission's migration reform ideas a curate's egg

While recommendations have been made by the Productivity Commission on skilled migration reform ...  
Australia’s submarine deal is a disaster and we know who to blame

The current AUKUS submarine contract reflects a profoundly tragic lost opportunity.  
Australian economy first casualty of AUKUS pact

The AUKUS pact is a waste of spending that could go towards more needed areas such as medicine ...  
Reducing the number of visas is not the way to fix visa system

An agenda to reduce the number of visas by calling them streams under a broader umbrella is a ...  
Reserve Bank not to blame for rising interest rates

While Australians express frustration over rising interest rates and inflation, various crises ...  
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Labor can manage the economy, now let’s fix the inequalities

The latest official statistics confirm Australia’s economy is back among the global leaders. ...  
Chalmers fights political battle for the future of super

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has raised the prospect of enshrining an objective for superannuation in ...  
Times are tough for the average Australian

Rising interest rates are hitting ordinary Australians where it hurts.  

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