We’re not home and hosed on the recovery,despite what Morrison says
Opinion
Opinion

We’re not home and hosed on the recovery,despite what Morrison says

Unless the federal government does more a lot more,Australia’s economic recovery will be weak and slow.

  • byRoss Gittins

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Interest rates will stay low until wages grow,says RBA governor

Interest rates will stay low until wages grow,says RBA governor

Philip Lowe has made clear interest rates will likely stay low until 2024 while warning tighter lending standards may be used to cool house prices.

  • byShane Wright
State governments are in unprecedented debt. Who do they owe the money to?

State governments are in unprecedented debt. Who do they owe the money to?

State budgets are on the horizon around Australia and we’re nearly all in the red. But if we were to default on our loan repayments,who would come calling?

  • byNoel Towell
Job ads recover to pre-pandemic levels but low income workers still struggling

Job ads recover to pre-pandemic levels but low income workers still struggling

Job ads have climbed back above their pre-virus level,but new research shows low income workers have taken the biggest hit to job prospects.

  • byShane Wright
Growth prospects for Australia and world upgraded by OECD

Growth prospects for Australia and world upgraded by OECD

The Australian economy is on track for its best performance in a decade,with the OECD sharply upgrading its forecasts around the globe due to coronavirus vaccine rollouts.

  • byShane Wright
‘Matter of days’:Tourism package of grants and loans to replace JobKeeper

‘Matter of days’:Tourism package of grants and loans to replace JobKeeper

Low-interest loans and grants aimed at airlines and tourist operators will feature in a special package to help the sector survive the end of JobKeeper.

  • byShane Wright
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Charities call for more JobSeeker support amid pressure to ‘pick up the slack’

Charities call for more JobSeeker support amid pressure to ‘pick up the slack’

People surviving on JobSeeker and the charities supporting them say the government’s planned $50-a-fortnight rise is not enough.

  • byShane Wright
Get serious on tax reform to rebuild from recession:survey

Get serious on tax reform to rebuild from recession:survey

Some of the nation’s top economists say serious tax reform,in addition to spending on infrastructure and childcare,are needed to build out of the recession.

  • byShane Wright
Victorian,NSW shoppers cut billions on trains,dining out and smokes

Victorian,NSW shoppers cut billions on trains,dining out and smokes

Victorian and NSW households cut consumption by $50 billion through 2020. What they start spending again on will dictate the nation’s economic recovery.

  • byShane Wright
Net debt on track to blow out to $1.3 trillion after pandemic

Net debt on track to blow out to $1.3 trillion after pandemic

The nation’s governments are on track to spend almost $330 billion dealing with the coronavirus pandemic while trebling the country’s net public debt to $1.3 trillion within three years.

  • byShane Wright
V for victory? Recession is over but forgotten is where the economy was before
Analysis
Analysis

V for victory? Recession is over but forgotten is where the economy was before

The best back-to-back quarterly GDP results on record show how well Australia has handled the pandemic,but economic victory can’t be declared yet.

  • byShane Wright