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The truth that no-one wants to hear right now is that fuel prices probably aren’t nearly high enough. Remember, if …
Australia has a mental health crisis, but not the one we think. Despite decades of soaring expenditure, our national mental …
Anyone watching the smoke signals from Canberra knows that moves are afoot to try and increase capital gains tax (aka …
Australians were losing faith that the combination of Labor’s economic policies and the RBA monetary policy would tame inflation even before Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu started bombing Iran’s theocratic dictators.
Labor has long held an axe over the capital gains tax 50% discount and negative gearing; campaigning on it in …
Even before new Middle East conflict sparked concern about petrol prices, Australia’s latest CPI release had reignited familiar anxieties about …
As recently reported in The Australian Financial Review, autism costs the National Disability Insurance Scheme more than $10 billion annually. A record 62,500 people …
A brief glance at the past fortnight’s headlines is revealing. High-speed rail is connecting Sydney to Newcastle. A Regional Australia Institute poll shows Gen Z is interested in moving …
We have a great window of opportunity now to finally follow through on education reforms and get long-term improvements for Australia’s education system. Let’s not waste it like we’ve wasted billions of dollars before on ideas that don’t work.
When a society forgets the difference between learning and performance, between a mind and a computer algorithm, the result isn’t progress; it’s parody.