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Bill Shorten: We will fight this wicked measure to its ultimate end.
Shocked & angry
The full text of the Labor leader's budget reply speech.
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The United States of Australia?
20 May 2014
The Abbott government is not turning Australia into the US. Try Mexico.
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Sally McManus
Lord Abbott the Wrecker
20 May 2014
The proof came in the Commission of Audit, says Sally McManus.
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Lina Cabaero-Ponnambalam, May Day, Sydney
Bring unions & migrant communities together
20 May 2014
Keep on fighting with us, pleads Lina Cabaero-Ponnambalam.
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Australia's rich are on a roll
2 May 2014
OECD shows Australia's top incomes have surged.
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Cover of Bloomberg Businessweek, 29 May
Thomas Piketty: the book of the moment
17 Apr 2014
In the Observer, Andrew Hussey described Capital in the Twenty-First Century this way:
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Frank Stilwell
Qantas: a suitable case for treatment
7 Apr 2014
Time for some real reform, argues Frank Stilwell.
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OECD suggests fairer reforms

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Papers

Inclusive capitalism
30 May 2014
The more inclusive the economy, the less elusive the gains, argues Christine Lagarde.
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Capital in the 21st Century: Review article
16 May 2014
Thomas Piketty has more than equalised the debate, says Christopher Sheil.
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Australia’s foreign policy today
24 Apr 2014
In the 2014 Evatt lecture, Tanya Plibersek argues for a bigger international vision.
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Two freedoms
24 Apr 2014
How do we reconcile free speech with racial tolerance, asks Tim Soutphommasane.
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A remarkable woman; a feminist
17 Apr 2014
Wear your feminism proudly, says Penny Wong.
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Liberty, fraternity and – what was the other word?
7 Apr 2014
Leaders no longer ask ‘is it right?’ but ‘will it sell?’, argues Barry Jones.
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