David Baker talks with ABC News Breakfast about the significant issue of affordability for families needing childcare and how improvements could be made to government assistance funding to childcare that would see families better able to afford childcare services.

David Baker talks with ABC News Breakfast about the significant issue of affordability for families needing childcare and how improvements could be made to government assistance funding to childcare that would see families better able to afford childcare services.

What do you consider to be stealing? How much do you need to live on versus those on Newstart Allowance? Can we put a price on life? These are just some of the topics Richard has canvassed over the past 5 weeks during his ‘Economics and Ethics’ discussions with ABC 666 Canberra’s Genevieve Jacobs. It

Are we all rational economic thinkers? If you know what you want then who better than you to decide how much to spend on dinner and how much to spend on shoes. In the fifth installment of Richard’s ‘Economics and Ethics’ chat with ABC666 he discusses the need for the important conversation of not whether

Australian farmers have lost $61.5 billion in export income since the mining boom pushed the Australian dollar to historic highs, a new analysis by The Australia Institute reveals.  Still beating around the bush: The continuing impacts of the mining boom on rural exports examines the rural sector’s export income from the beginning of the mining

Australian farmers have lost $61.5 billion in export income since the mining boom pushed the Australian dollar to historic highs. Matt talks to ABC ‘PM’ on why the high exchange rate caused by the mining boom is hurting the rural sector of Australia.