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The Sydneysiders on the North Shore are depressed... Business is slack, shops are deserted and going broke, street malls are empty, the summer weather so far has been crap... On top of this, most of the North Shore is the electorate of Tony Abbott. This by itself would be depressing...

I’m here to stick up for the kids born between 1997 and 2012.

I’m here to stick up for the kids born between 1997 and 2012.

An Australian earning an average, full-time salary in November 2020 could still buy a house in Brisbane, Adelaide or Hobart without being in mortgage stress - but not anymore. The Reserve Bank is to blame.

Citizen shut-out a simply heartless solution to crisis We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss May 3, 2021 — 12.05am Save Normal text size Credit:Michael Leunig The Coalition’s response to the situation in India is horrifying (“Fines and jail for those who flout India ban”, May 1-2). There is another possible response that is humane and just: get them home as soon as possible. What does it say about the government’s confi...

When, in the midst of the pandemic, the Economic Society of Australia invited 150 of Australia’s keenest young thinkers to come up with “brief, specific and actionable” proposals to improve the economy, amid scores of ideas about improving job matching, changing the tax system, providing non-repayable loans to businesses and accelerating telehealth, two proposals stood out. They were actually the same proposal, arrived at independently by two groups of “hackers” in the society’s ann...