Seven reasons to smile about Australia's future
It has been, to put it mildly, an exceptional year.
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Jessica Irvine
Jessica Irvine is a senior economics writer for Fairfax Media.
The truth behind the official jobless figures
There is more to the jobless statistics than meets the eye.
Morrison's greatest achievement to date
It's sometimes hard to keep faith that good policy development is happening within government.
How to exploit ‘game theory’ to stuff your stocking this Christmas
Only my closest friends know my darkest secret. I'm a Kmart shopaholic. I've never met a rose gold photo frame or marble cheese board I didn't want to own. And at $2 a pop? I'll take three.
This is why middle class white men are so angry
Is this why working class white men are so angry?
The young are paying for seniors' unfair tax breaks
Full and upfront disclosure: I have been known to enjoy the occasional smashed avocado served atop crusty bread – although I prefer a poached egg to the crumbled fetta combo detailed in demographer Bernard Salt's now infamous column chiding young Australians for not saving their pennies and eating at home to save for a house deposit.
There's nothing to fear in a big Australia
Migrants steal our jobs. Migrants bludge off welfare. So, which is it?
Australian parents will soon take the wooden spoon
Very soon, Australia will inherit the title of the country with the most miserly paid parental leave scheme in the developed world.
Turnbull government's 'investment approach' to welfare targets usual suspects
You can expect to hear a lot more from the Turnbull government about an "investment approach" to welfare. But what, exactly, does that mean?
How can Aussie households get away with the biggest debts in the world?
It is an extraordinary fact that Australian households shoulder the biggest debts in the world, relative to our incomes. But can it last?
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