Women in minimum wage jobs earn 10% less than their male peers. Wages are systematically lower in jobs more commonly held by women.
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Broadening the royal commission beyond banking may dilute the focus on the banks themselves.
Households in NSW spend the most and WA households the least in Australia, but there are segments of WA who are feeling the bite more acutely in cost of living.
Appearing to co-operate is the best way to try to influence the terms of an inquiry and manage the bad press.
The federal government could restore its commitment to creating full employment in Australia, using its spending power to make up for any shortfall in private jobs as it did during the post-war boom.
Marketing has moved from a focus on the product itself to the consumer, who they are and finally, how they think.
Rising housing costs are hurting low-income Australians the most. The gap in home ownership between rich and poor is widening, house prices are rising fastest at the bottom and rental stress is rising.
The Adani project is already a stranded asset, and definitely not worthy of taxpayer support, or the risks to the Chinese of any involvement.
Research shows paintings aren’t always good investments. Sky-high prices paid for high-end art are likely due to other factors.
Despite evidence to the contrary, we still view technological change today as being more rapid and dramatic in its consequences than ever before.
The Queensland government pays a higher interest rate than Queensland mortgage holders. Plans for both urban and rural rejuvenation need to start with fixing government finances.
Any number of implicit and explicit deadlines make 2018 look like a more eventful year than most.
Australia Post has begun conducting experiments with mail delivery robots. With Amazon launching today in Australia, all eyes will be on whether these prototype robots will actually deliver.
You will find no revisionism in this foreign policy white paper; the first foreign policy white paper since 2003 is firmly in the camp of the status quo.
Top-end companies are investing in design features to make their offices more appealing to staff. But many workers are looking for more than just funky design from their workplaces.
Unless the government is willing to increase taxes elsewhere to pay for tax cuts there will be longer-term costs for the budget and the economy. And younger Australians will wear these costs.
If in the event the tax relief became an election promise, rather than pre-election money in the pocket, would people be sceptical?
The majority of same-sex weddings between overseas couples conducted in New Zealand have been between Australian couples unable to marry at home.
Research shows that ‘impact investing’ not only delivers good financial returns, but it supports a great many social and environmental programs in Australia.
New Zealand’s new government wants the central bank to focus on maximising employment. But experience from other countries shows this is unlikely to change policy.
While the fashion industry may want to address worker exploitation in their supply chains, it would open them up to tremendous legal liability. This needs to change.
The gender pay gap is declining in Australia, although that probably has more to do with underlying economic conditions than anything else.
Amazon this week purchased the global rights to J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Lord of the Rings to turn it into a television series. What are the implications for Australia’s content and its global reach?
In the US “liar loans” have been identified as one of the key reasons behind the 2008 financial crisis. But how big a problem are poor loan checking practices in Australia?
The narrative that Australia has “transitioned from the mining boom successfully” seems a lot like wishful thinking.