Jessica Irvine is a senior economics writer for Fairfax Media.
As you read this, about 3000 members of the global business and political elite are winging their way – some by helicopter, some by private jet – to the snow-covered ski resort of Davos, in Switzerland.
There is perhaps no question more vexing for young Australians today than the decision whether to buy or rent a home.
Happy New Year everyone. Things can only get better from here, right? Wrong.
It has been, to put it mildly, an exceptional year.
There is more to the jobless statistics than meets the eye.
It's sometimes hard to keep faith that good policy development is happening within government.
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.
Is this why working class white men are so angry?
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.
Migrants steal our jobs. Migrants bludge off welfare. So, which is it?
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