How Centrelink unleashed a weapon of math destruction
The most frightening thing about the Centrelink malware debacle is the verve with which the government embraced it.
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Peter Martin
Peter Martin is the Economics Editor for The Age.
Centrelink's robo-debacle is a litany of inhuman errors
The Centrelink robo-debt debacle will dwarf that of the bungled census, for which the Prime Minister declared that heads would roll.
Here's a new year diet that might actually work
This year you are going to lose weight. Really. Not like last year, when you tried to eat less and exercise more and ended up no lighter, but by approaching the problem differently. Because calories in and calories out is probably the worst way to think about it.
Labor ought to stop pandering to millionaires
Once Labor and the unions stood up for battlers. Now they’re robocalling seeking sympathy for millionaires who want to stay on the pension.
Giving is like sex, it makes us human
Want to make someone extraordinarily happy? Give them $5, or $20. But you can't stop there.
Our copyright laws are holding us back, and there's a way out
Imagine a land in which everything was outlawed, except for the things that were specifically allowed. Things would more-or-less work, until you tried something new.
Recession? We're not even close
The Treasury and the Reserve Bank are likely to 'look through' the reported numbers to focus on what's happening beneath them.
Do your guests a favour. Serve them something cheap
I hate going into bottleshops. Partly because I was brought up a Methodist, and partly because I never pick the right thing. If I spend too much, I'll be wasting my money; if I spend too little, the guests will think I'm serving rubbish. And to me, it all tastes the same.
How Turnbull could be the new Menzies and help first home buyers
Turnbull and Morrison are genuinely concerned about the inability of ordinary Australians to buy houses and are open to ideas.
Feeling okay? That could be because you're in the Sydney-Melbourne bubble
The concept of "two Australias" isn't new, but those of us in VicNSW are less aware of it than we were back at the peak of the mining boom when it was QldWA versus the rest.
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