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Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke of plans to further open up the Chinese economy this week - and the world economy should hope US president Trump feels vindicated by this.
Our study found that office workers performed just the same, whether the air conditioning was set at 22°C or 25°C. But making that tweak can cut energy use by 18%.
A corporate apology is always connected to the benefits it brings to the company. It is not a personal apology, it is a form of institutional positioning.
Law presumes that commercial contracts are intended to be legally binding, even where computers play a part in the bargain.
Bill Shorten has proposed tripling penalties for dumping cheap overseas products like steel into the Australian market. But this proposal suggests a failure to understand dumping and its regulation.
To really show its pro-trade colours, Australia’s government should stop flirting with Trump’s new anti-trade wave.
Inclusionary planning schemes can reduce land costs and ensure that affordable homes are well located near jobs and services.
Mandatory retirement ages are mostly a thing of the past in Australia. Removing the last vestiges of this practice is one way to address the problem of Australia’s ageing workforce.
To be realistic, the US-China trade war gives Australia the unprecedented chance to expand its economic footprint.
The Reserve Bank is clinging to sunny GDP forecasts, but stubbornly low inflation and low wage growth mean even these look weak.
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Keating told The Conversation that taxation revenue will need to rise by another 3 percentage points of GDP in the next three decades.
It seems many Australians are over-insuring when it comes to funerals.
A new report shows how the private rental sector is changing.
Co-ownership of real estate through digital platforms can be a risky and potentially costly business.
If a superannuation fund member is at a workplace where a lot of colleagues make changes to their investment strategy, it becomes significantly more likely that they themselves will make a change.
While disability carers are employed to work part-time hours, they often have long work days with short periods of work interspersed with non-work periods.
The ingredients for a good old age differ, not just because of where you live, but also depending on your income.
Daylight saving has economic benefits, but this breaks down in the days before and after we change, as well as across borders between states that do and don’t have it.
Providing paid family violence leave means we’re not asking victims to choose between accessing necessary support and financial security.
Removing expiry dates should increase sales and give consumers more flexibility, but it could also increase costs.
A new report shows building smaller houses as opposed to apartments in city fringes could provide more affordable housing.
Men and young people are more likely to be ageist, but few Australians are resolutely ageist in their views, a new survey finds.
China established a system of approving foreign investments on condition the businesses involved agreed to partner with local firms and transfer knowledge and skills to the local Chinese market.
Even though Australia sides with the US on more areas of policy, it should be careful about being dragged into the back-and-forth of sanctions between the US and China.