Those arguing that Australia cannot sustain unemployment below 4.5% without rising prices and wages have been found to be completely wrong. And it is time they admitted it.

Despite what the Business Council of Australia would wish you to believe, Victoria is one of the most popular places to invest in Australia.

Victoria’s budget and economy are actually doing well – both the state’s public net worth and overall economy recovered solidly from the pandemic.

The increased cost of university degrees has amplified the difference in time it takes to pay off a degree in each state – and can make it more attractive to work elsewhere.

Electricity rebates have demonstrated that leaving the fight against inflation should not be just left to the Reserve Bank

Gas giant INPEX is notorious for not paying tax and now the NT govt is giving a former exec power to exempt gas projects from environmental regulations

The closer you live to the city and the richer your post code, the more likely you are to have a longer life.

The Liberal Party’s announcement this week to spend $5bn on infrastructure over 5 years to “boost home building across Australia” will barely make a difference – except to the profits of property developers.

The latest figures on Australian wealth reveal that inequality is being driven by capital gains that overwhelmingly go to the wealthiest and are mostly untaxed.

Fast rising interest rates have slowed the economy so sharply that only government spending is keeping it growing

The growth of wages under enterprise agreements is now as low as it has been for nearly a year.

The rate rises over the past 2 years have seen banks taken billion from households and business in increased interest payments.

Superannuation tax concessions were designed to encourage saving, but instead they are being used by the wealthiest to avoid paying tax

With wage growth already falling, further interest rate rises would only serve to punish workers who are already suffering.

The 2021-22 taxations statistics show that men have a higher average salary in 96% of all occupations

Australia’s inflation is rising and falling in line with the experience in Canada and the USA despite the RBA not raising rates by as much as did the central banks in those two countries.

The OECD has recently called for the end of Australia’s Fuel Tax Credits Scheme, which is growing in cost every year.

Oil and gas companies claim they pay the wages of teachers and other public sector services, but teachers actually pay twice the tax.

For a budget to be inflationary there needs to be actual evidence of surging demand. In this budget we have the opposite

The emissions from the gas industry are delivering a devasting cost to our future

Most plastic Australians use already ends up in landfill and the decision to scrap the levy on waste exports will only make things worse

The majority of items driving inflation now are not responsive to further rate rises

In 2024, the Commonwealth Government will spend an estimated $29.1 billion on schools in Australia. More than half of this – $17.8 billion – will go to private schools.

Australians in their 20s have HECS/HELP debts more than $10,000 greater in real terms than did people 20 years ago

Ending the indexation of HECS/HELP debts would deliver a truly interest free-loan for students

Wage growth in enterprise agreements is at a level completely compatible with long-term inflation targets

Australia’s economy is less an advanced economy than it is a petrostate style simple economy. That needs to change

The latest figures reveal that wages in the private-sector are not growing out of control – indeed they appear to have peaked.

At worst at worst, the increase in wheat prices should have caused a 0.75% increase in the price of bread. Instead they soared.