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They come from across the world – but where do migrants settle in Sydney?

Search our map to see where migrants come from in your suburb.

09.03.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

How Melbourne beats Sydney on housing crisis solutions

NSW has been urged to follow Victoria’s lead in planning reforms.

24.02.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

Obsessed with the cost of living? Time to refocus

The way cost of living has come to dominate political and economic discourse has left little space for debate about crucial challenges such as...

03.02.2026 7

WA Today

Matt Wade

Obsessed with the cost of living? Time to refocus

The way cost of living has come to dominate political and economic discourse has left little space for debate about crucial challenges such as...

03.02.2026 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

Obsessed with the cost of living? Time to refocus

The way cost of living has come to dominate political and economic discourse has left little space for debate about crucial challenges such as...

03.02.2026 7

The Age

Matt Wade

Obsessed with the cost of living? Time to refocus

The way cost of living has come to dominate political and economic discourse has left little space for debate about crucial challenges such as...

03.02.2026 7

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

Boomers are reshaping the way wealth is distributed. These charts show how

“The great wealth transfer” is in full swing as Baby Boomers remodel their balance sheets.

01.02.2026 6

WA Today

Matt Wade

Boomers are reshaping the way wealth is distributed. These charts show how

“The great wealth transfer” is in full swing as Baby Boomers remodel their balance sheets.

01.02.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

Boomers are reshaping the way wealth is distributed. These charts show how

“The great wealth transfer” is in full swing as Baby Boomers remodel their balance sheets.

01.02.2026 10

The Age

Matt Wade

Boomers are reshaping the way wealth is distributed. These charts show how

“The great wealth transfer” is in full swing as Baby Boomers remodel their balance sheets.

01.02.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

Revealed: The one big threat to the NSW economy in 2026

Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says the NSW economy is gaining strength, but there are challenges. These five charts show what’s expected in 2026.

31.12.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

Move over, Boomers – Gen X is next up for retirement

Thanks to the economic cycle and superannuation, Gen X is in good shape – except for one crucial factor.

16.12.2025 10

WA Today

Matt Wade

Move over, Boomers – Gen X is next up for retirement

Thanks to the economic cycle and superannuation, Gen X is in good shape – except for one crucial factor.

16.12.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

Move over, Boomers – Gen X is next up for retirement

Thanks to the economic cycle and superannuation, Gen X is in good shape – except for one crucial factor.

16.12.2025 10

The Age

Matt Wade

Move over, Boomers – Gen X is next up for retirement

Thanks to the economic cycle and superannuation, Gen X is in good shape – except for one crucial factor.

16.12.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

Australia is a global outlier on one key indicator. Changing it will help fix the housing crisis

If one in four homes in our mainland capital cities became a dual occupancy, it would add close to 1 million new homes, increasing housing supply by 9...

02.12.2025 20

WA Today

Matt Wade

Australia is a global outlier on one key indicator. Changing it will help fix the housing crisis

If one in four homes in our mainland capital cities became a dual occupancy, it would add close to 1 million new homes, increasing housing supply by 9...

02.12.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

Australia is a global outlier on one key indicator. Changing it will help fix the housing crisis

If one in four homes in our mainland capital cities became a dual occupancy, it would add close to 1 million new homes, increasing housing supply by 9...

02.12.2025 10

The Age

Matt Wade

Australia is a global outlier on one key indicator. Changing it will help fix the housing crisis

If one in four homes in our mainland capital cities became a dual occupancy, it would add close to 1 million new homes, increasing housing supply by 9...

02.12.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

How many hours do you work? Australia’s most gruelling jobs revealed

A full-time worker in Australia puts in almost 44 hours a week on average, with miners, farmers, surgeons and even politicians among the occupations...

02.11.2025 10

WA Today

Matt Wade

How many hours do you work? Australia’s most gruelling jobs revealed

A full-time worker in Australia puts in almost 44 hours a week on average, with miners, farmers, surgeons and even politicians among the occupations...

02.11.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

How many hours do you work? Australia’s most gruelling jobs revealed

A full-time worker in Australia puts in almost 44 hours a week on average, with miners, farmers, surgeons and even politicians among the occupations...

02.11.2025 10

The Age

Matt Wade

How many hours do you work? Australia’s most gruelling jobs revealed

A full-time worker in Australia puts in almost 44 hours a week on average, with miners, farmers, surgeons and even politicians among the occupations...

02.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

Fixing housing’s a vote winner. But which fix and which voter?

Voters on the hard right and left of politics agree on one thing. Our centrist government needs to listen.

28.10.2025 7

WA Today

Matt Wade

Fixing housing’s a vote winner. But which fix and which voter?

Voters on the hard right and left of politics agree on one thing. Our centrist government needs to listen.

28.10.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

Fixing housing’s a vote winner. But which fix and which voter?

Voters on the hard right and left of politics agree on one thing. Our centrist government needs to listen.

28.10.2025 8

The Age

Matt Wade

Fixing housing’s a vote winner. But which fix and which voter?

Voters on the hard right and left of politics agree on one thing. Our centrist government needs to listen.

28.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

Most people think CEOs are grossly overpaid. What can we do about it?

The average CEO of a publicly listed company earns more than 100 times the pay of the average full-time employee. This needs to change.

21.10.2025 10

WA Today

Matt Wade

Most people think CEOs are grossly overpaid. What can we do about it?

The average CEO of a publicly listed company earns more than 100 times the pay of the average full-time employee. This needs to change.

21.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

Most people think CEOs are grossly overpaid. What can we do about it?

The average CEO of a publicly listed company earns more than 100 times the pay of the average full-time employee. This needs to change.

21.10.2025 10

The Age

Matt Wade

Most people think CEOs are grossly overpaid. What can we do about it?

The average CEO of a publicly listed company earns more than 100 times the pay of the average full-time employee. This needs to change.

21.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

We’re spending a lot less time commuting. Here’s why

Daily commute times in both Melbourne and Sydney are down by almost twenty per cent. That’s good for our health and wellbeing.

14.10.2025 10

WA Today

Matt Wade

We’re spending a lot less time commuting. Here’s why

Daily commute times in both Melbourne and Sydney are down by almost twenty per cent. That’s good for our health and wellbeing.

14.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

We’re spending a lot less time commuting. Here’s why

Daily commute times in both Melbourne and Sydney are down by almost twenty per cent. That’s good for our health and wellbeing.

14.10.2025 10

The Age

Matt Wade

We’re spending a lot less time commuting. Here’s why

Daily commute times in both Melbourne and Sydney are down by almost twenty per cent. That’s good for our health and wellbeing.

14.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

Some say Sydney housing reforms have gone too far. These stats show they haven’t gone far enough

About half of residential land in Sydney is zoned for such low-density housing. A leading housing economist says that’s a massive constraint on a...

29.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

The VIPs with a seat at Canberra’s roundtable – and how they got there

Economist Chris Richardson put the coach into Canberra’s Coachella and took a bus to the business networking event of the year.

22.08.2025 10

WA Today

Matt Wade

The VIPs with a seat at Canberra’s roundtable – and how they got there

Economist Chris Richardson put the coach into Canberra’s Coachella and took a bus to the business networking event of the year.

22.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

The VIPs with a seat at Canberra’s roundtable – and how they got there

Economist Chris Richardson put the coach into Canberra’s Coachella and took a bus to the business networking event of the year.

22.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

Fewer takeaways, dearer eggs: How inflation hits your hip pocket

The inflation rate might be down, but the cost of living is still our biggest worry, and some prices have risen by 50 per cent in a few years, data...

11.08.2025 9

WA Today

Matt Wade

Fewer takeaways, dearer eggs: How inflation hits your hip pocket

The inflation rate might be down, but the cost of living is still our biggest worry, and some prices have risen by 50 per cent in a few years, data...

11.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

Fewer takeaways, dearer eggs: How inflation hits your hip pocket

The inflation rate might be down, but the cost of living is still our biggest worry, and some prices have risen by 50 per cent in a few years, data...

11.08.2025 10

The Age

Matt Wade

Fewer takeaways, dearer eggs: How inflation hits your hip pocket

The inflation rate might be down, but the cost of living is still our biggest worry, and some prices have risen by 50 per cent in a few years, data...

11.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

Smashed Liberals banished to the outer suburbs as Sydney’s political map is redrawn

The Coalition is set to hold fewer than a third of federal seats in NSW.

04.05.2025 10

WA Today

Matt Wade

Smashed Liberals banished to the outer suburbs as Sydney’s political map is redrawn

The Coalition is set to hold fewer than a third of federal seats in NSW.

04.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

Smashed Liberals banished to the outer suburbs as Sydney’s political map is redrawn

The Coalition is set to hold fewer than a third of federal seats in NSW.

04.05.2025 10

The Age

Matt Wade

Smashed Liberals banished to the outer suburbs as Sydney’s political map is redrawn

The Coalition is set to hold fewer than a third of federal seats in NSW.

04.05.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Matt Wade

The 150 ways Australia’s electorates are wildly different

Australia’s 150 federal electorates will be in the spotlight on Saturday. Here’s how they vary.

30.04.2025 5

WA Today

Matt Wade

The 150 ways Australia’s electorates are wildly different

Australia’s 150 federal electorates will be in the spotlight on Saturday. Here’s how they vary.

30.04.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matt Wade

The 150 ways Australia’s electorates are wildly different

Australia’s 150 federal electorates will be in the spotlight on Saturday. Here’s how they vary.

30.04.2025 10

The Age

Matt Wade