Halving the fuel excise is bad for the environment and for most Australians won’t deliver the cost-of-living benefits that are being spruiked.

The changes to industrial relations show that bold policy delivers good outcomes.

In 2023-24 tax from the PRRT was less than an quarter the amount raised by HECS/HELP debts repayments.

Over the 10 years to 2023-24 nurses paid $7bn more in tax than did the oil and gas companies.

Despite huge profit margins, the big three private health insurers keep higher and higher premiums.

If housing affordability keeps going the way it has over the past 20 years, an average house in Sydney will be worth 24 years of an average salary.

Australia’s university Vice-Chancellors are among the highest paid in the world, while Australia’s PhD students are some of the lowest paid. That is not a sign of a healthy education system.

The pay of university Vice-Chancellors has soared well beyond that of the teaching staff for no improvement in management.

Increasing the number of houses is welcome, but unless the government tackles the expensive tax breaks for investors, housing will remain unaffordable for many.

Australia’s university vice-chancellors are among the highest paid in the world, and yet all that money does not deliver better outcomes for students.

Inflation is under control and the economy is barely staying out of recession. But the Reserve Bank has decided to take more than 2 months off before deciding if a rate cut is needed.

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.