Australia’s population is set to age, but that does not mean we need to go without – we just need to be honest about paying for it.

Australia not only is a low taxing nation, it now taxes less compared to the OECD than in the past – that will need to change if we are to provide the services Australians want.

The forecast of productivity growth in the Intergenerational Report is not all doom and gloom – but it will be if workers continue to receive less than their fair share of the benefits

It is now 3 years since real wages have increased

The latest figures of wage growth in enterprise agreements show that wages continue to grow by much less than inflation

The Reserve Bank should keep rates on hold as the biggest drivers of service prices will not be affected by interest rate rises.

Any time wages are increased business groups say it will fuel inflation, but they say nothing about the impact of their massive dividends

For the sixth consecutive quarter a record number of people are working more than one job

In the debate over what is driving inflation – the OECD has looked at 15 nations across the world and found that in Australia and most other nations, the answer is profits

Whenever Australia’s GDP per capita has gone backwards through a year Australia has been in recession or nearly so. And right now the Budget expects that to happen in 2023-24.

The indexation of HECS/HELP debt this year will leave people earning less than $62,000 with a bigger debt even after their repayments.

While record company profits are dismissed as “short-term” workers continue to suffer ongoing falls in real wages

The Reserve Bank’s own research showed that raising rates after February would only increase unemployment, not lower inflation

Wages growth under enterprise agreements show that workers continue to be the ones doing it toughest during the period of high inflation

Profits in the mining sector are surging, but output is not – and the increased prices come at a cost to the rest of the economy

Less than 20% of consultants’ reports to government are published

By the middle of 2025 the average wage will be worth less in real terms than it was a decade and half earlier

Stronger wage growth in the private sector is good news, but public sector workers continue to be left behind

As the Reserve Bank continues to raise rates, it continues to misread the nature of inflation that is being driven largely by profits.

Wages under enterprise agreements are slowly rising, but remain well below inflation

Losing the low-middle income tax offset and getting the Stage 3 tax cuts will leave most workers worse off

The latest monthly consumer price index figures show that inflation has peaked and is on the way down. 

Once again the gas industry is crying wolf and telling us we need more gas to prevent shortages. But if you read beyond the scare quotes today’s report from Australia’s Energy Market Operator report shows we already have more than enough gas.

Public services massively reduce inequality, but the Stage 3 tax cuts will make it much more difficult to fund them

As approvals for public sector housing hit 2 year lows, the ambition for more public housing needs to be even greater than the government’s 20,000 in 5 years target.

The latest wage rises from enterprise agreements show good improvement, but overall, workers continue to see their wages lag behind inflation

Business groups like the ACCI and AI Group say they want higher wages, but their recommendations for minimum wage rises show they rarely want real wages to rise

In defending the Stage 3 tax cuts in parliament, Angus Taylor inadvertently highlighted the real benefits for low-middle income earners comes from Stages 1 and 2.

The latest enterprise agreements figures show small signs of wage growth and once again the benefits of being in a union