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The super machine started by Paul Keating is set to bet more of Australian workers’ retirement incomes on Trump’s low-tax, smaller-government plan.
Australia needs to urgently invest more in naval capability. But this defence imperative clashes with fiscal challenges neither side of federal...
The looming election should be about how Australia can better compete on trade war-disrupted world markets amid threatening geopolitical conflict.
Australia is offering subsidies not just to keep old industries alive but for the future-facing minerals processing that would supply batteries and...
After roughing up the central bank, Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers should take whatever sliver of bacon the RBA will give financially squeezed...
Australia’s carbon-intensive smelters are not killing the American aluminium industry – they’re fighting to survive.
It’s premature to declare victory over inflation. But all hell will break loose if the central bank governor and her board defy the Black Caviar...
Why not use the looming fiscal crisis of the states to tackle the buck-passing by seriously reforming which tier of government is responsible for...
The quick apparent resolution will encourage Trump to keep strong-arming other friends and foes into doing whatever by threatening their access to the...
Donald Trump’s question to voters - “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” - has cut across gender and racial divisions, writes Michael...
Despite the RBA’s increased messaging, most people still don’t understand why inflation broke out in the first place.
It’s possible the inflation problem is not about overheated demand, but rather the supply bottlenecks caused by lagging productivity.
Business needs to get more on the front foot in calling out the policy and political class failure that most media coverage has normalised.
The government has its foot on the spending pedal while the Reserve Bank tries standing on the brakes. There is no sign of the co-ordination that...
Jim Chalmers says the economy is getting smashed by high rates, but it’s still running too hot for the RBA. The answer is simple: productivity.
For the first time, the former Labor leader is slamming the Albanese government on economics rather than AUKUS. It’s all about the politics of...
Despite what a Nobel prizewinner and Jacqui Lambie might think, growth is the only serious answer to inflation.
Public policy is now swinging in the populist wind. And it’s hard to imagine the election of a government that can rationally take back control of...
It had a competitive advantage of deep engagement with the Australian business community. But that was just the starting point, writes outgoing...