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Housing tax reform shows how strongly tax settings shape behaviour. Australia should now shift more of the tax burden from work and employment towards...
Australia is now seeing perhaps the starkest example in recent history of how tax changes affect human behaviour and the economy as a whole. Subscribe...
Australia is now seeing perhaps the starkest example in recent history of how tax changes affect human behaviour and the economy as a whole. Subscribe...
America’s response to gun violence is built on myths about policing, deterrence and constitutional rights, while political leaders continue to avoid...
Last week's depraved proposal to live stream the execution of Nidal Hasan, who was convicted of fatally shooting 13 unarmed US soldiers at the...
Last week's depraved proposal to live stream the execution of Nidal Hasan, who was convicted of fatally shooting 13 unarmed US soldiers at the...
Voters are focused on housing, bills and strained services rather than immigration itself. But rapid population growth driven by temporary visas is...
One of Australia's leading pollsters and repositories of knowledge about what and how Australians are thinking gave us some very encouraging...
One of Australia's leading pollsters and repositories of knowledge about what and how Australians are thinking gave us some very encouraging...
Rate rises hit mortgage holders, first-home buyers and jobs, while doing nothing to fix many of the supply shocks driving prices higher. Governments...
Rate rises hit mortgage holders, first-home buyers and jobs, while doing nothing to fix many of the supply shocks driving prices higher. Governments...
I had an economics teacher who once joked that he set the same exam questions year after year. It was not a problem, he said, "Because I just...
I had an economics teacher who once joked that he set the same exam questions year after year. It was not a problem, he said, "Because I just...
Canada’s proposed new relationship with the EU opens the door to a much bigger idea: a trade and cooperation bloc spanning Europe and the...
The proposal that Canada could become an associate member of the European Union is of historic moment and something which Australia should take heed....
The proposal that Canada could become an associate member of the European Union is of historic moment and something which Australia should take heed....
Here's an interesting figure: Australia's household debt (mortgages, credit cards, loans etc) is $3400 billion. Australia's total...
Here's an interesting figure: Australia's household debt (mortgages, credit cards, loans etc) is $3400 billion. Australia's total...
US President Donald Trump fell for the observers' paradox when he posted his ratings recently of the leadership qualities past US presidents....
Donald Trump rates himself America’s greatest president, but leadership is measured by judgment, responsibility and consequences, not self-regard....
US President Donald Trump fell for the observers' paradox when he posted his ratings recently of the leadership qualities past US presidents....
One Nation’s victories in WA and NSW tell us that Australia’s electoral landscape is shifting fast. Relying on One Nation to implode is not enough...
One Nation’s victories in WA and NSW tell us that Australia’s electoral landscape is shifting fast. Relying on One Nation to implode is not enough...
Last Saturday's Western Australian byelection in the state seat of Secret Bay was worse than diabolical for Labor. Subscribe now for unlimited...
Last Saturday's Western Australian byelection in the state seat of Secret Bay was worse than diabolical for Labor. Subscribe now for unlimited...
Banks are clawing back rewards as new credit card fee rules threaten their profits, raising bigger questions about competition, cash and who...
Banks are clawing back rewards as new credit card fee rules threaten their profits, raising bigger questions about competition, cash and who...
Over the past week or so, most Australians would have received an email notice from their bank announcing "bigger", "better", or...
Over the past week or so, most Australians would have received an email notice from their bank announcing "bigger", "better", or...
Labor’s primary vote has fallen to just 28 per cent as One Nation’s surge splits the right, yet the government remains on track to win the next...
Another month of polling indicates that the new three-way split in Australian politics is permanent: a tad under a third of the first-preference vote...
Another month of polling indicates that the new three-way split in Australian politics is permanent: a tad under a third of the first-preference vote...
Usually there is enough folly and perfidy in Australian politics to fill many columns every week. This week, though, the story is one of a politician...
Usually there is enough folly and perfidy in Australian politics to fill many columns every week. This week, though, the story is one of a politician...
A long-running subscription rip-off ended with refunds and a $10 million penalty. More importantly, it showed what government can achieve when it...
The build-up of deterrence, alliances and enemy thinking helped drive the catastrophe of 1914, and today’s great-power rivalry risks repeating the...
On August 4, 112 years ago, stupid decisions by the leaders of great powers at the time - Britain, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary and Russia -...
On August 4, 112 years ago, stupid decisions by the leaders of great powers at the time - Britain, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary and Russia -...
One Nation’s rise may not stop Labor winning the House of Representatives, but it could reshape Senate preferences and leave a future Labor...
Since the recent rise of One Nation, pollsters have had to deduce not just a Labor-Coalition two-party-preferred tally but also a Labor-One Nation...
Since the recent rise of One Nation, pollsters have had to deduce not just a Labor-Coalition two-party-preferred tally but also a Labor-One Nation...
Many delegates attending this week's ALP National Conference no doubt feel the motto of this government is: "Do nothing for as long as...
Many delegates attending this week's ALP National Conference no doubt feel the motto of this government is: "Do nothing for as long as...
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...
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...
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...
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...
United States President Donald Trump's innate inability to empathise with others and lack of intelligence to foresee consequences are likely to...
United States President Donald Trump's innate inability to empathise with others and lack of intelligence to foresee consequences are likely to...
One Nation is feeding on real pressure from population growth, housing, health and infrastructure strain, but its politics offers no serious systemic...