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A staggering 10,000 people took part in our #SetTheAgenda poll. The number one issue was climate change.
Australian policy is increasingly focused on what’s known as ‘successful ageing’ – helping people feel satisfied, happier and healthier as they age. But for that, you need access to affordable energy.
Grocers must find a way to add value and affordability for consumers.
It’s a paradox. The Morrison government, in deep trouble, has produced a budget that’s shamelessly designed to try to buy votes. But Labor, censorious in its rhetoric, has found itself having to embrace the budget’s central measures.
Experts on poverty in Britain explain how destitution affects different groups of people and aspects of life.
The March 29 budget will contain “targeted and proportionate” help for families with cost of living pressures and move fiscal policy towards stabilising and reducing debt.
New Zealand’s supermarket industry has come under fire for high food prices and lack of competition. Is it time to consider treating the supermarket industry like water and power utilities?
Most consumers want a better deal, but New Zealand’s small size and relative isolation make it hard for large-scale competitors to enter the supermarket sector.
Adjusting tax brackets in line with inflation would ensure voters who wanted more government spending would also have to vote for more tax.
As inflation bites, targeted relief for those most affected by the rising cost of living would be the best short-term option.
Here’s how retailers can help.
Energy prices might be global, but domestic policy still counts.
Bleak expectations for 2022.
Employment and wages soared in the latest labor report, but that’s small comfort for the many workers with a job that doesn’t pay a living wage.
The pandemic exposed the contradictions and tensions at the heart of ‘creative class’ cities and jobs.
Tiny houses mean smaller costs.
The prices households pay for drinking water and wastewater services have been rising faster than the rate of inflation.
Sen. Warren is proposing universal child care as a way to rein in the soaring costs of raising a family. A sociologist explains what’s driving the trend.
The violence of the protests that have gripped France, known as the gilets jaunes, is rooted in personal passion and anger.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Professor of Industrial Strategy, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regulation and Industrial Strategy (CGR&IS), University of Bath
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Peter Whiteford is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Wayne Simpson is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Department of Economics, University of Manitoba
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Fellow, University of Surrey
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Professor of Behaviour & Social Change, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Personal Finance, University of Bristol
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Professor of Energy Policy and Director of the Institute of Sustainable Resources, UCL
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Lecturer, Southern Cross University
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Visting Instructor in Sociology, University of South Florida
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Research Fellow in Fuel Poverty and Energy Policy, Built Environment Asset Management (BEAM) Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University
