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.

A full-time worker on average earnings has lost around $8,000 in living standards over the past three years.

Every time the government approves a new fossil fuel mines it choose to make it harder for people to build homes.

Analysis of AGL’s annual report reveals that AGL charge households 3 times for its gas than it does to businesses.

Over the past 40 years the share of votes going to independents and minor parties has risen in both state and federal elections.

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.

While the “not-for-profit” AFL has $5m to pay Katy Perry to play five songs at last weekend’s Grand Final, Australian music festivals are struggling.

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

Claims that LNG gas can’t be used to meet any shortages in south-east Australia are completely false given how much uncontracted LNG capacity Australia has over the next 20 years.

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

Australia exports around 35 times more gas than would be needed to cover any potential “shortage” in South-East Australia. Australia does not need more gas

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.

More than 1.1m jobs are now being done by someone who has another job

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.

We need green hydrogen to have a net zero economy, but the amount estimated to be produced by the measures in the Budget show how far we have to go