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He is trying to transition out of stage one while drawing up stage three.
This recession is not like any other in living memory. Phase one involved a massive supply shock. Phase two will involve dealing with a collapse in demand.
There are strong psychological drivers underpinning the impulse to splurge hard-earned money online. There are also some simple ways to stop.
Bill Kelty, former secretary of the ACTU, has outlined a five-point plan for Australia to approach the return from the coronavirus downturn.
More than eight out of 10 self-employed Australians have taken a significant financial hit from COVID-19, new ANUpoll data shows.
Despite veiled threats from the Chinese government, and the desire in some parts of the Australian community for a split, China and Australia need each other.
We now need a revolution in our national thinking about debt and deficits.
Michelle Grattan talks with Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher about the week in politics, including coronavirus, the Biosecurity Act and panic-buying, as well as the Australian economy.
Chinese travellers help create about 0.6% of Australia's GDP. How long we keep them out will make a difference to economic growth.
The idea there is no government fate worse than debt is misleading at best.
Charter of Budget Honesty aside, we can expect assumptions that stretch credulity so the Australian government can maintain its surplus forecast.
Following increasing calls for stimulus to be injected into the economy, the government will outline an infrastructure bring-forward of A$3.8 billion over the next four years.
Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy says its up to the Reserve Bank to boost the economy. In normal times, that's not his job.
Record low interest rates will almost certainly drive up property prices. But they will also drive down unemployment and boost investment generally.
After decades of research showing the link between union power and wages growth, government economists don't want to talk about it.
The Australian government's approach to economic growth is strictly conventional, and may be leading to the wrong policies.
Queensland still mystifies too many politicians but its needs are surprisingly simple.
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Two Queensland-based experts discuss what so many politicians and pundits get wrong about the Sunshine State – and what its citizens are crying out for.
The Stage 3 cuts would make Australia's income tax system the least progressive in 60 years.
Household wealth in Australia has taken its biggest dive since the global financial crisis. But it's not all doom and gloom.
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