For most people in Sydney – if you had started saving for a house a decade ago, you would be further away from your goal.

Migration is not to blame for house prices rising. And neither are Australia’s borders out of control.

Australia’s beleaguered university sector is never far from the headlines these days. Former Labor leader and current University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Bill Shorten probably doesn’t envy his former ministerial colleagues who are currently on the campaign trail, but nonetheless, he’s in the news today. The Canberra Times reports that Shorten is announcing a new voluntary

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.

It is not often we can look to America for good public policy – but they have one good idea about helping encourage corporate whistleblowers while also raising revenue.

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.

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.

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.

Superannuation tax concessions were designed to encourage saving, but instead they are being used by the wealthiest to avoid paying tax

The 2021-22 taxations statistics show that men have a higher average salary in 96% of all occupations

In 2024, the Commonwealth Government will spend an estimated $29.1 billion on schools in Australia. More than half of this – $17.8 billion – will go to private schools.

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

Ending the indexation of HECS/HELP debts would deliver a truly interest free-loan for students

Public housing was once much more common – we need more public housing rather than rely on private landlords to keep prices down

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.