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Productivity has grown, so why have wages not kept up?

Productivity has grown, so why have wages not kept up?

Productivity growth is supposed to be the key to boosting wages and living standards in the economy. However, just as housing price growth decoupled...

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Ebony Bennett

The zeitgeist doesn't suit Angus Taylor but he could do more to help himself

The zeitgeist doesn't suit Angus Taylor but he could do more to help himself

As he surveys the degraded and demoralised Liberal Party he presides over, Angus Taylor has two major problems - and that's leaving aside One...

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Michelle Grattan

We all worry about cybercrime. So why are we still missing the warning signs?

We all worry about cybercrime. So why are we still missing the warning signs?

"I have anxiety around cyber security because I understand how important it is, but don't feel I have the skill needed to look after myself...

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Bruce Tonkin

Spare me with your 'not all men' cries. Here's how we can stop the bodies piling up

Spare me with your 'not all men' cries. Here's how we can stop the bodies piling up

If we want to stop women and children being raped and murdered, we are going to have to change men. This week, last week, this year, the bodies are...

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Jenna Price

Small talk dies thanks to our love of smartphones

Small talk dies thanks to our love of smartphones

Apologies for interrupting, my fellow introverts. I know how much you value your silence. How you despise small talk. How you break into a cold sweat...

yesterday 10

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Garry Linnell

It's the ABC's job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of 'balance'

It's the ABC's job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of 'balance'

One of the oldest tropes in journalism is that it should be balanced; that journalists have a responsibility to present all sides of a given issue...

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Peter Greste

I'm not special. I'm just an ordinary bloke who couldn't look away

I'm not special. I'm just an ordinary bloke who couldn't look away

I never expected to spend my weekends and evenings talking about homelessness to tens of thousands of strangers on trains, ferry wharfs, cafés and in...

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Stan Ghys

Mid-whinge, I remind myself how lucky I am

Mid-whinge, I remind myself how lucky I am

I only had myself to blame for the unpleasant sensation. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Cold, gnawing and...

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John Hanscombe

Sure, her policies are bad. But that's not even Pauline's biggest flaw

Sure, her policies are bad. But that's not even Pauline's biggest flaw

It's telling that great prime ministers like Howard, Fraser, Hawke and Keating have nothing in common with Pauline Hanson. Subscribe now for...

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Amanda Vanstone

The Australia I know is proudly multicultural. Politicians should stop telling us otherwise

The Australia I know is proudly multicultural. Politicians should stop telling us otherwise

There is a version of Australia that gets repeated often by politicians who trade in fear. It's a version where migrants arrive as cultural...

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Zoë Wundenberg

Can anyone explain the Australian addiction to swimming in sharky waters?

Can anyone explain the Australian addiction to swimming in sharky waters?

Those of us born outside Australia can't understand why native Australians go in the sea. In ten years, I've been in once - but never again....

wednesday 10

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Steve Evans

The disturbing global hypocrisy exposed right outside a massive oceanarium

The disturbing global hypocrisy exposed right outside a massive oceanarium

The Singapore Oceanarium is an engineering marvel. It holds 45 million litres of water (18 Olympic pools) across 22 displays. It also has a 36-metre...

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Crispin Hull

My new friend turns out to be a robot and I don't like her

My new friend turns out to be a robot and I don't like her

I had a chat with a charming woman the other day. I called a prominent consultancy in Canberra and a pleasant female voice answered. She sounded...

14.07.2026 10

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Steve Evans

Teaching our kids to be safe on the roads is so tough

Teaching our kids to be safe on the roads is so tough

Anyone reading the story of that 19-year-old hooning around would have been relieved that the kid was caught before he killed himself or anyone else....

13.07.2026 10

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Jenna Price

Why the tide may be turning against global political intolerance

Why the tide may be turning against global political intolerance

Call me naive, but might there be a correction coming - a global renaissance of the human heart? Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup...

12.07.2026 10

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Mark Kenny

Talk is cheap: Are decision-makers hearing the real urgency over Boag's site?

Talk is cheap: Are decision-makers hearing the real urgency over Boag's site?

Northern Tasmanians I speak with are on a unity ticket with concerns about the James Boag's site in Launceston. People believe the iconic site...

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Craig Thomson

Stop panicking and don't listen to pollies. Falling house prices are a win

Stop panicking and don't listen to pollies. Falling house prices are a win

Last month's fall in house prices is good news. Further falls would be welcome. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue...

11.07.2026 10

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Peter Tulip

AI has the potential to pull us out of this slump, but we can't just 'let it rip'

AI has the potential to pull us out of this slump, but we can't just 'let it rip'

If you are feeling financially depleted personally, and pessimistic about the economic outlook generally, figures released this week won't cheer...

10.07.2026 20

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Michelle Grattan

It's not that I need to control everything. Everything just runs more smoothly when I do.

It's not that I need to control everything. Everything just runs more smoothly when I do.

The burden is heavy, let me tell you. I have been carrying the world on my shoulders for more than half a century. No rest. No respite. But you...

10.07.2026 20

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Garry Linnell

Why you can't entirely blame the government for this slump

Why you can't entirely blame the government for this slump

The think tank for the world's rich countries had some bad news for Australia last week. The OECD found that Australia's productivity growth...

09.07.2026 10

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Adam Triggs

We know how to prevent an outage like this. Here's why we can't

We know how to prevent an outage like this. Here's why we can't

I have a few personal habits which I feel may be distinctive to me. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading I am so...

09.07.2026 20

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Jenna Price

How Steve Jobs put Australians off sex

How Steve Jobs put Australians off sex

Something very odd happened after the introduction of the iPhone, the world's first smartphone. We stopped having so many babies. Subscribe now...

09.07.2026 20

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Steve Evans

Is Pauline Hanson's populist anger a recipe for Australia's ruin?

Is Pauline Hanson's populist anger a recipe for Australia's ruin?

There's a particular kind of political rhetoric that thrives in moments of uncertainty. It doesn't offer solutions, or reforms, or even...

08.07.2026 20

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Zoë Wundenberg

Ask Property: How do we help the kids without putting ourselves in a worse financial position?

Ask Property: How do we help the kids without putting ourselves in a worse financial position?

Welcome to Ask Property, our new weekly column where we answer your real estate dilemmas. Our Ask Property columnist Nina Hendy is here to hunt down...

08.07.2026 20

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Nina Hendy

Trump should get a red card and so should FIFA

Trump should get a red card and so should FIFA

Justice was done. The United States were bundled out of the World Cup despite a grubby intervention by the President of the United States. Mr Trump...

08.07.2026 10

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Steve Evans

The costly tax mistakes property investors make every year

The costly tax mistakes property investors make every year

Every tax season, tax professionals hear the same comment from property investors. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue...

07.07.2026 10

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Mark Chapman

Trump's power grabs echo the very tyranny America was founded to escape

There was much to celebrate and be grateful for last Saturday as the US marked the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Subscribe now...

07.07.2026 20

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Crispin Hull

The Prime Minister should tell the lynch mobs to shag off

Let me say unapologetically that I would "shag" Kylie Minogue. As the Prime Minister has also perceived, they all seem to have a very...

06.07.2026 20

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Steve Evans

Doomscrolling? I'd much rather be joyscrolling, thanks

Good morning to the burrow, it's Jenna Price here - our email banner hasn't received the message about John's time off. Subscribe now...

06.07.2026 20

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Jenna Price

Expert's guide to why your son is hooked on screens and how to help him

Co-host of TV's Parental Guidance and podcast Happy Families DR JUSTIN COULSON says boys lost to screens and algorithms designed to be addictive...

05.07.2026 20

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Justin Coulson

Dutton was high risk. Now Taylor wants to do something even crazier

Remember the pious hand-wringing a few years back as Liberals and their media friends warned that electing community independents meant the end of the...

05.07.2026 20

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Mark Kenny

Voters rethinking Hanson's grievance politics after sustained media scrutiny

A journalist's job is not to cheer politicians. Equally, it is not generally to tear them down. Our primary job is to test them. To challenge...

05.07.2026 20

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Craig Thomson

After decades of hugely helping the rich, can the rest of us finally get ahead now?

The biggest and best tax reforms in 25 years just passed the Parliament. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading In...

04.07.2026 10

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Ebony Bennett

Pauline the Appalling v Albo the Inadequate

"Whoever wants to preach effectively must preach with love." Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Saint...

04.07.2026 20

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Ian Warden

How a basketball story can teach boys about grief, friendship and hope

Boys often struggle to express themselves, but books can help them process their feelings safely and in their own way. For author FIONA HARRIS,...

03.07.2026 20

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Fiona Harris

The unspoken rules of saying a final farewell to a loved one who is dying

It's usually great seeing old friends. You don't have to plan what to say, watch your words, suffer awkward silences, or try to guide and...

03.07.2026 10

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James O'Loghlin

It's not just Trump: the real reasons we're falling out of love with the US

03.07.2026 20

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Michael Turtle

What if the trees are watching us? A film to change how you think about plants

Silent Friend (M, 147 mins) This gorgeous, unusual film never lets us lose sight or the sound of the natural world. Subscribe now for unlimited...

03.07.2026 10

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Jane Freebury

The deadly arms race playing out on suburban roads

If you stood outside your local primary school at pick-up time two decades ago you witnessed a procession of Commodores, Falcons, Corollas and the odd...

03.07.2026 10

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Garry Linnell

Well done, Serena. You sullied a supreme legacy to flog some weight-loss drugs

I can't recall exactly what tickets to the local Olympics cost - but I do know I ended up with a massive credit card debt, which built up as...

03.07.2026 20

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Jenna Price

The glaring difference between a real leader and a political celebrity

Leaders are meant to bring out the best in us. They draw us into being our better selves, to being a part of something bigger and better than our own...

02.07.2026 20

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Amanda Vanstone

The government has a big four problem it can no longer ignore

Children. Nothing but trouble. Except Deborah O'Neill, 65. Her parents would be very proud. And Albo should be acknowledging the NSW...

02.07.2026 20

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Jenna Price

How to love beer and hate alcohol at the same time

Don't get me wrong. I love an ice cold beer. That refreshing fizz. The shock of bitterness. It's an instant party for the palate. Subscribe...

01.07.2026 20

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John Hanscombe

How Trump's Hormuz gambit could sink the treaty that ensures free trade

United States President Donald Trump's innate inability to empathise with others and lack of intelligence to foresee consequences are likely to...

30.06.2026 20

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Crispin Hull

I tried the viral sudoku packing hack - and it's changed the way I travel

30.06.2026 10

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Danielle Norton

Global memory lapse as AI gobbles all the chips

They're calling it RAMageddon, the extreme shortage of computer memory chips caused by the AI industry's rapacious appetite for them. The...

30.06.2026 20

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John Hanscombe

What Pauline Hanson really means when she talks about monoculture

When Pauline Hanson stood at the National Press Club lectern and declared that Australia "must be monocultural," the internet's comment...

29.06.2026 20

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Zoë Wundenberg

Thanks, Daryl, your old song brought me to tears

A strange thing happened last week. I found myself tearing up on the news Daryl Braithwaite was calling time on his live music career. Subscribe now...

29.06.2026 20

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John Hanscombe

Is Angus Taylor leading the Liberals into political oblivion?

The good grace with which Peter Dutton exited politics in 2025 explained much about why his colleagues had stayed true. Subscribe now for unlimited...

28.06.2026 20

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Mark Kenny

In a highly competitive field, who is the most annoying traveller?

27.06.2026 20

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Mal Chenu