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Will democracy’s bug infect Australia?
Australia has so far largely avoided the “democratic recession” creeping across the globe. How long can it keep up its strongly democratic record?
12 ChatGPT prompts for accountants
Generative AI tools are only as useful as their prompts – try different versions with more or less detail to tailor these to your specific needs,...
Live event economics: The Taylor Swift effect
As Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour – arriving in Australia in February next year – tore its way across the United States in 2023, economists had a...
You don’t have to be an economist to know Australia is in a cost of living crisis. What are the signs and what needs to change?
The impact is clear as we are required to pay more for most things from our weekly shop and power bills, to filling the car and swimming lessons....
The US navy is still more powerful than China’s: more so than the Australian government is letting on
Taxpayers have been asked to fund these subs at an extreme cost, up to A$368 billion, and with many risks in the procurement cycle. This...
We can and should keep unemployment below 4%, says our survey of top economists
This finding, in an Economic Society of Australia poll of 51 leading economists selected by their peers, comes ahead of next month’s release of a...
Private health insurance is set for a shake-up. But asking people to pay more for policies they don’t want isn’t the answer
One proposal is for higher-income earners who don’t have private health insurance to pay a larger Medicare Levy Surcharge – an increase from...
Meet Michele Bullock, the RBA insider tasked with making the Reserve Bank more outward-looking as its next governor
She is already the deputy governor, having been appointed to that post by the previous treasurer Josh Frydenberg in April last year. Both...
Two more RBA rate hikes, tumbling inflation, and a high chance of recession: how The Conversation’s forecasting panel sees 2023-24
The official quarterly measure of inflation peaked at 7.8% in the year to December and is now 7%, and the newer monthly measure peaked at 8.4%...
On balance: Lessons from the Hobart stadium fumble
In April, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that the Federal Government would fund $240 million for the development of a stadium district...
Compare your results: Cybersecurity quiz
Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services the Hon Stephen Jones MP this week shared a warning about common tax-time scams....
