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'Bollocks': forecast for higher living standards panned

Economists have panned Treasury's heroic productivity assumption, which underpins forecasts of rising living standards and economic growth.

AAP · Sep 21

Australian tech: the AI chip mimicking the human brain

An Australian tech company has developed a computing chip that works like a human brain and is being sought after in both the healthcare and military sectors.

AAP · Sep 11

The bond market is blowing up right now – should Australians be worried?

Major bond sell-off across major advanced economies, with yield at highs not see since before the GFC

The Guardian - AU · Sep 3

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Economist Chris Richardson on next steps in fuel crisis

The war in Iran has become the third major economic crisis in the last 20 years, with fuel prices jumping and inflation once again starting to pick up. Australians are feeling worsening economic pain.

The Conversation · Apr 16

Spoils of Iran war to deliver Chalmers a budget boost

The federal budget will be billions of dollars better off, even with added spending, because of higher commodity prices and inflation, a top economist says.

AAP · Apr 12

Second fuel security trip to Asia for PM

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will leave on Tuesday for his second fuel security mission within a week.

The Conversation · Apr 12

The RBA conflict that could decide its next rates call

Australia's central bank must abandon its narrow path and choose between getting inflation down quickly or keeping unemployment low, economists say.

AAP · Mar 30

Grattan on Friday: would Labor be supporting this war if it were in opposition?

When Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed federal parliament on Thursday his well-crafted speech had one gaping hole. It did not mention the huge issue dominating world attention – the United States-Israeli strikes on Iran and the subsequent ever-widening conflict that has engulfed the region.

The Conversation · Mar 5

'Galling': Aussies set to pass up another gas windfall

War in the Middle East could drive energy prices towards record highs, but a failure to fix gas taxes means Australians will miss out on their share of profits.

AAP · Mar 5

Pressure to fix gas tax raising less revenue than beer

Senator David Pocock will ramp up pressure on the government to re-examine a fossil fuels tax that raises less money than beer thanks to a "fatal mistake".

AAP · Mar 2