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Brisbane Times

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Falling fertility rates will hurt the economy. But a new baby boom is not the answer

Falling fertility rates will hurt the economy. But a new baby boom is not the answer

Australia’s fertility rates have been falling fast and are now at rock bottom. The economic consequences will be far-reaching.

tuesday 5

WA Today

Matt Wade

Falling fertility rates will hurt the economy. But a new baby boom is not the answer

Falling fertility rates will hurt the economy. But a new baby boom is not the answer

Australia’s fertility rates have been falling fast and are now at rock bottom. The economic consequences will be far-reaching.

tuesday 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

Falling fertility rates will hurt the economy. But a new baby boom is not the answer

Falling fertility rates will hurt the economy. But a new baby boom is not the answer

Australia’s fertility rates have been falling fast and are now at rock bottom. The economic consequences will be far-reaching.

tuesday 8

The Age

Matt Wade

Falling fertility rates will hurt the economy. But a new baby boom is not the answer

Falling fertility rates will hurt the economy. But a new baby boom is not the answer

Australia’s fertility rates have been falling fast and are now at rock bottom. The economic consequences will be far-reaching.

tuesday 6

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

‘The superstar effect’: Australia’s growing band of billionaires

‘The superstar effect’: Australia’s growing band of billionaires

Twenty Australians hold twice as much wealth as the bottom two million households.

20.01.2025 50

WA Today

Matt Wade

Sydney has a stark unemployment gap. How does your area compare?

Sydney has a stark unemployment gap. How does your area compare?

The city has both the lowest and some of the highest unemployment rates in the country, which threatens to exacerbate differences in income and...

20.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

‘The superstar effect’: Australia’s growing band of billionaires

‘The superstar effect’: Australia’s growing band of billionaires

Twenty Australians hold twice as much wealth as the bottom two million households.

20.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

‘The superstar effect’: Australia’s growing band of billionaires

‘The superstar effect’: Australia’s growing band of billionaires

Twenty Australians hold twice as much wealth as the bottom two million households.

20.01.2025 7

The Age

Matt Wade

‘The superstar effect’: Australia’s growing band of billionaires

‘The superstar effect’: Australia’s growing band of billionaires

We’re in the midst of a billionaire boom. The number of Australians with wealth of $US1 billion or more has jumped by 52 per cent since 2020, new...

20.01.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

The $167 billion debt that shows why rail workers should make a deal

The $167 billion debt that shows why rail workers should make a deal
16.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

Think the whole world’s going to hell in a handbasket? You’re wrong, and here’s why

Think the whole world’s going to hell in a handbasket? You’re wrong, and here’s why

It might come as a surprise given the violence and political turmoil that has dominated the news but 2025 is shaping as a pretty good year for the...

07.01.2025 6

WA Today

Matt Wade

Think the whole world’s going to hell in a handbasket? You’re wrong, and here’s why

Think the whole world’s going to hell in a handbasket? You’re wrong, and here’s why

It might come as a surprise given the violence and political turmoil that has dominated the news but 2025 is shaping as a pretty good year for the...

07.01.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

Think the whole world’s going to hell in a handbasket? You’re wrong, and here’s why

It might come as a surprise given the violence and political turmoil that has dominated the news but 2025 is shaping as a pretty good year for the...

07.01.2025 6

The Age

Matt Wade

Think the whole world’s going to hell in a handbasket? You’re wrong, and here’s why

Think the whole world’s going to hell in a handbasket? You’re wrong, and here’s why

It might come as a surprise given the violence and political turmoil that has dominated the news but 2025 is shaping as a pretty good year for the...

07.01.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

The NSW economic figure at its worst level since 1991

The NSW economic figure at its worst level since 1991

NSW is stuck in the two slowest years of economic growth for the state in more than three decades as cost-of-living pressures continue to sap...

05.01.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

Bosses want to kill off working from home. There’s just one problem with that

Is work from home dead? Bosses have made headlines during the past few months, ordering employees back to the office five days a week, and...

03.12.2024 1

WA Today

Matt Wade

Bosses want to kill off working from home. There’s just one problem with that

Is work from home dead? Bosses have made headlines during the past few months, ordering employees back to the office five days a week, and...

03.12.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

Bosses want to kill off working from home. There’s just one problem with that

Is work from home dead? Bosses have made headlines during the past few months, ordering employees back to the office five days a week, and...

03.12.2024 3

The Age

Matt Wade

Bosses want to kill off working from home. There’s just one problem with that

Is work from home dead? Bosses have made headlines during the past few months, ordering employees back to the office five days a week, and...

03.12.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

We’re over the hump: cost-of-living crunch has peaked, charts show

It’s the news we’ve all been waiting for: Australia’s cost-of-living squeeze is finally easing as fewer consumers report they are under acute...

29.10.2024 1

WA Today

Matt Wade

We’re over the hump: cost-of-living crunch has peaked, charts show

It’s the news we’ve all been waiting for: Australia’s cost-of-living squeeze is finally easing as fewer consumers report they are under acute...

29.10.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

We’re over the hump: cost-of-living crunch has peaked, charts show

It’s the news we’ve all been waiting for: Australia’s cost-of-living squeeze is finally easing as fewer consumers report they are under acute...

29.10.2024 1

The Age

Matt Wade

We’re over the hump: cost-of-living crunch has peaked, charts show

It’s the news we’ve all been waiting for: Australia’s cost-of-living squeeze is finally easing as fewer consumers report they are under acute...

29.10.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

When money’s tight, we can’t afford to worry about our costliest threat

When you ask Australians to name their biggest worries, there’s normally a long list of grumbles ranging from the economy to healthcare, housing,...

15.10.2024 1

WA Today

Matt Wade

When money’s tight, we can’t afford to worry about our costliest threat

When you ask Australians to name their biggest worries, there’s normally a long list of grumbles ranging from the economy to healthcare, housing,...

15.10.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

When money’s tight, we can’t afford to worry about our costliest threat

When you ask Australians to name their biggest worries, there’s normally a long list of grumbles ranging from the economy to healthcare, housing,...

15.10.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

When money’s tight, we can’t afford to worry about our costliest threat

When you ask Australians to name their biggest worries, there’s normally a long list of grumbles ranging from the economy to healthcare, housing,...

15.10.2024 1

The Age

Matt Wade

How crazy house prices and an ageing population are creating ‘tombstone suburbs’

There’s something strange going on in the best-located suburbs of our biggest cities. As the national population surges, they are shrinking. In...

08.10.2024 2

WA Today

Matt Wade

How crazy house prices and an ageing population are creating ‘tombstone suburbs’

There’s something strange going on in the best-located suburbs of our biggest cities. As the national population surges, they are shrinking. In...

08.10.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

How crazy house prices and an ageing population are creating ‘tombstone suburbs’

There’s something strange going on in the best-located suburbs of our biggest cities. As the national population surges, they are shrinking. In...

08.10.2024 1

The Age

Matt Wade

How crazy house prices and an ageing population are creating ‘tombstone suburbs’

There’s something strange going on in the best-located suburbs of our biggest cities. As the national population surges, they are shrinking. In...

08.10.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

Why this unhealthy trend may become an ill wind for Medicare

During 25 years reporting about economics I’ve learnt one indicator tells you more than any other about a nation’s welfare: longevity. Show me...

01.10.2024 1

WA Today

Matt Wade

Why this unhealthy trend may become an ill wind for Medicare

During 25 years reporting about economics I’ve learnt one indicator tells you more than any other about a nation’s welfare: longevity. Show me...

01.10.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

Why this unhealthy trend may become an ill wind for Medicare

During 25 years reporting about economics I’ve learnt one indicator tells you more than any other about a nation’s welfare: longevity. Show me...

01.10.2024 2

The Age

Matt Wade

Why this unhealthy trend may become an ill wind for Medicare

During 25 years reporting about economics I’ve learnt one indicator tells you more than any other about a nation’s welfare: longevity. Show me...

01.10.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

The hidden downside to Sydney’s love affair with shiny new trains

A long infrastructure boom has delivered Sydney state-of-the-art roads, metros and light rail services. But influential NSW Productivity and...

10.09.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

What will happen to your mortgage if ‘tariff man’ Trump wins the White House

“I am a tariff man.” That’s how then US President Donald Trump described himself in 2018 after he’d slapped tariffs and other trade...

27.08.2024 1

WA Today

Matt Wade

What will happen to your mortgage if ‘tariff man’ Trump wins the White House

“I am a tariff man.” That’s how then US President Donald Trump described himself in 2018 after he’d slapped tariffs and other trade...

27.08.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

What will happen to your mortgage if ‘tariff man’ Trump wins the White House

“I am a tariff man.” That’s how then US President Donald Trump described himself in 2018 after he’d slapped tariffs and other trade...

27.08.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

The shocking figure that reveals the depth of Sydney’s housing crisis

The number of building company failures in NSW has almost trebled over the past three years, hampering the sector’s capacity to meet ambitious...

14.08.2024 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

How new metro line links Sydneysiders to the rest of the globe

Three dynamic job hubs – the CBD, North Sydney and Macquarie Park – will be better connected by Sydney’s new metro, supercharging the city’s...

28.07.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

Light rail on Broadway, start-ups and a green hub: City of Sydney’s vision for 2035 revealed

Extending Sydney’s light rail along Broadway, supporting start-ups, enhancing the night-time economy and accelerating the transition to greener...

22.07.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade