Victoria to axe its last EV incentive while increasing levies on property owners Registration discount for electric vehicles to end as government introduces higher levies to fund emergency services The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2024
Morning Mail: stories from Australians priced out of a home, US health insurer CEO shot, migration shortfall revealed More than 16o Guardian Australia readers told how the housing crisis has reshaped their lives The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2024
Welcome to Trump’s trade war – where no one wins because everyone just pays more for things Tariffs raise prices much like the GST – and like the GST it hurts people on low and middle incomes the most The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2024
Here’s a way to fix Australia’s skills shortage – and raise wages at the same time While it’s a more long-term solution, reducing the gender pay gap and increasing workplace diversity should be addressed as a matter of urgency The Guardian - AU · Oct 16, 2024
Unemployment is rising and Australia’s economy is weak – but don’t hit the recession alarm just yet Are we headed for a recession? The answer is complex – although for young people it already feels like one The Guardian - AU · Aug 28, 2024
The horror, the horror: banks are having to compete for our business by offering better rates Don’t buy the banks’ sob story. They are annoyed Australians are becoming more savvy at shopping around for better deals for their home loans The Guardian - AU · Aug 21, 2024
The RBA and its critics claim Australia’s economy needs to be slowed down. But the data shows both are wrong Treasurer Jim Chalmers is right to argue the economy is already slow enough The Guardian - AU · Aug 14, 2024
Australians are struggling to make ends meet. This is not an economy in need of more rate rises Inflation has risen again – but not because we’re splashing out on new clothes or fancy dinners The Guardian - AU · Jul 31, 2024
As the Coalition goes nuclear, Labor is free to ensure fossil fuels are burned with abandon and little scrutiny How can Australia get to net zero by 2050 while approving projects that will run for decades beyond that date? The Guardian - AU · Jun 26, 2024
Obsessing over the inflation rate misses one key point: the economy is more than just how fast prices are rising Those who salivate over other nations’ interest rates with barely any care for people losing their jobs really need to think about their priorities The Guardian - AU · Jun 12, 2024
Raising jobseeker is not ‘fiscally sustainable’? Sorry, but that is flat out wrong Never fall for the line that lifting people out of poverty and reducing inequality is a task too complex or costly to undertake The Guardian - AU · May 22, 2024
Australians have lost 14 years of progress on living standards. A wages breakout? Please. If only It is impossible for wages to drive inflation when they are actually rising slower than inflation The Guardian - AU · May 15, 2024
The Crunch: interest rates, daylight saving, and the best character in Mario Kart Plus: EVs are booming but electric bikes are really cutting emissions The Guardian - AU · Apr 18, 2024
Morning Mail: deportation bill blacklist fears, youth justice looms large in Queensland, Ross River virus warnings Legislation ‘appalling’, refugee groups say; Labor MPs eye up hardline LNP policy; Easter holidaymakers urged to avoid mosquito bites The Guardian - AU · Mar 27, 2024
The Guardian - AU · Mar 13, 2024 The ‘good old days’ for housing affordability were just four years ago – here’s why But those days of 2020 are good only relative to now, and that’s a rather horrific thought
The Guardian - AU · Jan 25, 2024 The Crunch: the dangers of taller cars and measuring inflation with tomato soup Want to get this in your inbox every fortnight? Sign up for The Crunch here.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 13, 2024 Labor says it’s looking for ways to ease cost-of-living pressures. Just don’t mention the stage-three tax cuts The cuts are already baked into the RBA’s forecasts and economists say there is little point looking at alternatives
The Conversation · Nov 14, 2023 We could make most Australians richer and still save billions – it’s not too late to fix the Stage 3 tax cuts The Albanese government is about to have to make a really important decision.
The Guardian - AU · Oct 31, 2023 Afternoon Update: Hamas militants clash with Israeli forces in Gaza; extreme fire conditions threaten Queensland towns; and Australia’s best political cartoons North-western and southern Gaza Strip rocked by fighting as Israeli troops and tanks advance
The Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 2023 Morning Mail: voters lose urgency on climate fight, Stan Grant tackles voice failure, Netanyahu rejects ceasefire Our latest Essential poll shows only one in three believe target can be met, while the Indigenous academic issues broadside over no vote
The Guardian - AU · Oct 19, 2023 Australia is already an energy superpower. We should be using that to drive the world towards renewables The coal and gas we provide internationally makes us powerful – and we waste it being craven to the mining industry
AAP · Oct 5, 2023 Tax cuts not 'all or nothing' in mooted middle ground The Australia Institute has proposed changes to looming tax cuts to reduce bracket creep and improve the budget bottom line.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 23, 2023 If you are really worried about the next generation, the only thing that matters is climate change The only thing the current generation absolutely needs to do for the next generation is stop burning fossil fuels as quickly as possible
The Guardian - AU · Jun 7, 2023 The economy is slowing yet the RBA seems desperate to ensure this is as good as it gets for a long time Record interest rate rises are intended to stop households from spending, even though the economy is already in a precarious position
The Guardian - AU · Jun 3, 2023 A quarter of Australia’s property investments held by 1% of taxpayers, data reveals Exclusive: Taxation office figures also show a clear majority of those investors are over the age of 50