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24 January 2024
Why Australian workers’ true cost of living has climbed far faster than we’ve been told
We're being told cost of living pressures are decreasing, but for most it doesn't feel like it is — here are the tricky figures that explain why.
29 November 2022
How new industrial relations laws could finally end wage pain
For more than a decade, employers have strung out wage negotiations or let agreements expire. Known as “zombie agreements”, those deals mean too many Australians are living with wages frozen in the past.
28 March 2025
The good, bad and the uncertain: here’s our 2025 budget breakdown
Economist Kristen Sobeck makes sense of the budget hokey pokey on an episode of the ANU podcast, Democracy Sausage.
15 January 2025
A place to call home
How do we tackle the housing crisis? ANU student Joshua Shaw says every young Australian should have access to a home.
19 June 2024
Rentals are grim and expensive. Should young people squat instead?
In this age of cozzie livs, TikToker Purple Pingers is offering Gen Z unconventional housing advice.
20 April 2023
Boosting JobSeeker is the most effective way to tackle poverty: what the treasurer’s committee told him
The Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee says increasing JobSeeker is the most pressing priority for the Albanese government. This is why.
29 March 2023
What caused interest rates to rise and will they go down? An economist explains
A series of interest rate rises caught Australians off guard. Dr Timo Henckel explains what caused them to go up, the link to inflation and whether we can expect interest rates to fall.
7 March 2023
Major changes to superannuation tax concessions are not warranted
Treasury’s approach grossly exaggerates the amount of tax concessions for super. Tinker around the edges, but any major changes are not warranted.
19 December 2022
‘He played his ukulele as the ship went down’: the political year that was
2022 has been a transformational year in Australian politics, with three significant elections and a distinct erosion of support for the two major parties, and particularly the Liberals.
1 November 2022
Behind the seams: the uncomfortable truth about fast fashion
Modern slavery is a stubborn business model in fashion manufacturing and it will take more than the law to shake.
18 October 2022
Australia needs an honest conversation about tax and budgets
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is going to have to raise much more tax, and start a conversation about how – beginning with next week’s budget.
5 September 2022
Shadow RBA Board in little doubt that cash rate should rise
The RBA Shadow Board at ANU has voted in favour of a fifth successive rise in interest rates for September.
21 July 2022
Did Australia just make a move to the left?
Australians have voted in their most progressive parliament in many years.
6 June 2022
Significant inflation concerns require another rate rise
Australia's high inflation rate remains a "significant concern" for the RBA Shadow Board at ANU, which has voted in favour of a second successive rise in interest rates.