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Inside and outside Parliament this week, the government’s performance was, for the most part, woeful, only partly redeemed by a strong counter-attack by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Opposition Leader Peter Dutton on Thursday
Parents wanting to migrate to Australia to join their children face ludicrous delays, and if opting for a paid contributory visa, exorbitant fees.
In most wealthy nations all workers are entitled to annual leave. But that’s not the case in Australia – and the Albanese government’s reforms still won’t change that.
There is effectively a class of Australian workers who don’t get holiday and sick pay, no matter how long or regularly they work, simply because their employer deemed them “casual” when they began.
Under the change, promised in Labor’s election campaign, there will be a new definition of when an employee can be classified as “casual”.
For 16 years, the government has failed to reform our anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws to include professionals like real estate agents and lawyers.
Many multicultural policies have been left to decay over the last generation, but this review may fall short on broader goals.
Rather than ending the race to bottom from international profit shifting, the Australian government’s proposed 15% tax rate is likely to entrench it. Here’s why.
The RBA’s latest forecasts assume no further rate rises will be needed. There’s nothing in the budget that should change that.
Should people aged 55 and over get a targeted boost to their JobSeeker payments? Our research suggests the need among young Australians may well be greater.
How can the Net Zero Authority help Australia make the most of this once-in-a-generation economic transformation?
Most publicly funded stadium projects are boondoggles. The Hobart AFL stadium is worse than that.
The cost of a Tasmanian team joining the AFL can be justified on economic and social grounds.
The infrastructure pipeline includes rail and road projects in the capitals as well as rail and road construction and upgrades in regional and outback areas
Beyond his homespun quality, Albanese demonstrates a shrewdness in exercising power.
Abandoning its WTO case is a quicker path to getting Australian barley back into China. It could also be a template for resolving tariff disputes over other products, including Australian wine.
To ensure the ‘complete transparency’ promised by Anthony Albanese, the new National Reconstruction Fund can learn from the Reserve Bank of Australia.
The revised safeguard mechanism could form the basis of an economy-wide carbon price.
Albanese is expected to visit Washington in the next two weeks to announce the roadmap for the AUKUS submarine agreement.
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