Four in five Australians (83%) want the Federal Government to officially define and measure poverty levels, and for income support payments to be boosted to prevent children from living in poverty, according to new research by the Australia Institute.

The sham of Australia’s climate change policy has been made clear in the past two weeks.

Workers’ compensation and rehabilitation are amongst the most important legal issues facing the ‘gig’ economy. This reflects the potential vulnerability of these workers and their families, co-workers, and community to harsh and long term consequences from injuries. For a while, it looked like federal industrial policy might ‘solve’ the workers compensation problem by redefining ‘gig’/platform

At a time of major uncertainty in the economy, Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock’s honesty is refreshing, says Greg Jericho.

Every single year in Australia over 200,000 tonnes of textile waste go to landfill, and more than 100,000 tonnes are shipped overseas. Australia must somehow scale this 300,000-tonne mountain of clothing if the nation is to make the textile industry circular by 2030.

Leading environment and policy groups are calling on the Tasmanian Government to make the decade-long-delayed State of the Environment Report public before several key financial and planning decisions are made by the government and the parliament later this year.

The Reserve Bank’s decision to keep rates steady reinforced that the economy at this moment remains one with both good and bad signs, and the RBA governor, Michele Bullock, is refreshingly upfront about the difficulties.

Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate, former World Bank Chief Economist, and best-selling author and professor at Columbia University, will visit Australia from late July 2024 for a national speaking tour to discuss Australia’s growing inequality, the levers available to governments to address it, and his latest book, ‘The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society’.

“We are recommending a tax on fast fashion to protect Australian businesses and also protect the environment.”

The government is trying to strike a delicate balance in the economy, getting inflation down without sending the country into recession, says Greg Jericho.

Over the past few weeks some economists and commentators have become rather obsessed and unhinged about Australia’s inflation rate.

Today, the name of Niccolò Machiavelli is a byword for cynicism and hunger for power, but there was one profession so parasitic and selfish even he could not stomach it.

This edition: Independents call out the gas industry and Australia’s consultant addiction continues

Australia Institute research finds women and low-income earners are being left behind by a superannuation tax concession system that disproportionately benefits high-income earners and men.

Near-zero economic growth is a good sign of how bad things are, says Greg Jericho.

Australia is in the midst of a housing crisis, fuelled by poor government policy.

The latest GDP figures reveal that the RBA has got its wish of an economy growing so slowly that it teeters on the edge of a recession.

Digging into details of the Future Made in Australia plan, does the Government’s actions match their rhetoric?

Australia Institute research has found a majority (56%) of Australians want free-to-air sports coverage to be available on the internet.

Figures from Queensland and Victoria reveal that public universities spend over $200m on consultants, while students HECS/HELP debt soar.

Australia Institute research has found that 73% of gas exported from WA attracts zero royalty payments, effectively giving a public resource to multinational gas corporations for free.

New analysis from the Australia Institute shows that the privatisation, deregulation, and outsourcing of public services has failed to provide economic or social returns to Australians.

Today’s 3.75% increase in the national minimum wage and Modern Awards provides a badly needed income boost for Australia’s lowest-paid workers, and will help to prevent a possible recession by supporting stronger consumer spending.

Inflation has stopped falling, but there’s no need for a further rate hike, says Greg Jericho.

“The Australian public thinks the gas industry should be paying for the gas.” “We can keep doing dumb things if we want to. But if this Government wants to have more money for schools, more money for hospitals…there is a simple tax reform opportunity here.” – Executive Director Richard Denniss on ABC The Business

Inflation isn’t falling as fast as most economists want, but a rate rise now would do more harm than good, says Greg Jericho.