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

Non-compete clauses limit the ability of workers to seek better pay and conditions and not surprisingly employers love them.

We need to stop giving billions to high income earners that just exacerbates the housing crisis

We need to tax things we want less of and subsidise things we want more of. Right now with PRRT and HECS, we’re doing it the wrong way round.

It is clear the massive increase in SUVs and utes is not due to more tradies or those using them on weekends, but because out tax system encourages the purchase of these behemoths to the detriment of our roads, our safety and the climate.

The Wellbeing Framework suggests Australia’s prosperity is linked with company profits, but it wrongly suggests this also measures people’s living standards.

The Wellbeing Framework aims to measure what matters, but its measure of innovation has little to do with research or development

According to Treasurer Jim Chalmers, the new Wellbeing Framework “helps us put … fairness and opportunity at the very core of our thinking”, but (astoundingly) lacks any substantive measure of poverty.

We often hear how important fossil-fuel mining is for jobs, but the reality is sport is a much greater employer. 

Jim Chalmers suggests the superannuation system is the intergenerational “genius” but it really means providing more support for wealthier people who do not need it.