The treasurer’s use of new policy tools to solve new kinds of inflation has enraged many commentators,but the anger of those stuck in the past doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be looking to the future.
The International Monetary Fund is right:Australia’s home prices are far too high,and they are likely to fall. But if they fall sharply,just watch our governments prop them back up.
Anthony Albanese has a unique opportunity to radically reshape Australian voters’ understanding of what it is to be a responsible economic manager.
When the economic facts change,so too must economic policy.
There needs to be a genuine public debate about what Australians want more and less of - and an end to our politics of fear around public spending.
Australia must start cutting its production of fossil fuels if the world is to meet its Paris target for reducing carbon emissions.
Why do we need a $65 billion corporate tax cut right now? What's the rush?
The phrase is simply used to dress up the self-interest of powerful groups as being in the national interest.
Big business doesn't care whether there's a surplus. It just wants tax cuts and other direct aid.
The Adani mine has become a symbol of the Coalition's ideological confusion.