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Axing negative gearing would boost economy and home ownership, RBA conference paper finds

Axing negative gearing would boost economy and home ownership, RBA conference paper finds
Thirty per cent of rental properties would be freed up and bought by Australians who would have otherwise rented.
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Peter Martin: The gang crime our leaders help create.

Peter Martin: The gang crime our leaders help create
What is it about the African gang crisis that's so disturbingly familiar?
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Peter Martin: Worried the electricity system won't keep up over summer? Worry about coal, seriously.

A future without coal-fired power stations is inevitable
Worried the electricity system won't keep up over summer? Worry about coal, seriously.
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Peter Martin: Why Treasury thought Turnbull was wrong on negative gearing

Peter Martin: Why Treasury thought Turnbull was wrong on negative gearing
Malcolm Turnbull knew or ought to have known that the claims he made about Labor's housing policy were likely to be wrong.
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COMMENT. Of course Christmas is inefficient, it's why we love it

Of course Christmas is inefficient, it's why we love it
It’s about celebrating waste, just once a year, in order to be truly human
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More money, but nowhere near enough to fund tax cuts
Me, on MYEFO

Peter Martin: More money, but nowhere near enough to fund tax cuts
Scott Morrison wants you believe the budget's strong enough to fund tax cuts. It isn't, as the update makes that clear.
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Free yourself, abandon Facebook

Facebook is ripping society apart, and other reasons to abandon social media
The virtual world eliminates the common ground that draws real communities together.
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Peter Martin: The jobs boom is real, and for once, government can take the credit.

Peter Martin: The jobs boom is real, and for once, government can take the credit
The Bureau of Statistics has produced some shockers - wildly inaccurate employment statistics it has had to disown, but not this time.
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An entire year without a pay rise? Prepare for another one, now.

Peter Martin: Low wage rises have become routine. Here's why
Another year without a pay rise? Prepare for yet another one, next year.
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EXCLUSIVE. As big as Bolte. Government projects pushing up costs, creating skills shortages, Treasurer says:

As big as Bolte. Government projects creating skills shortages, Treasurer says
So big is Melbourne's infrastructure boom that Treasurer Tim Pallas fears Victoria will run low on skills and resources such as gravel.
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EXCLUSIVE. Private schools set to get more than 100% of their needs from public funds, documents reveal

Private schools to get more than they need under Gonski 2.0
Catholic and independent private schools are set to get more than 100 per cent of their needs from governments under the Turnbull government's new 'Gonski 2.0' plan, official documents show.
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Better than the Olympics. The economic benefits of same sex marriage

Peter Martin: Better than the Olympics. How same-sex marriage could deliver economic benefits
Why are the experts so sure there will be benefits from allowing same-sex marriage?
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So now they can afford a tax cut?

Includes bonus table

If you're promised a tax cut this Christmas, read the fine print first
So now they can afford a tax cut? Just months ago they had to push tax rates up.
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State GDP. Sydney powers the nation, accounting for almost half of Australia's economic growth.

Sydney powers the nation, accounting for almost half of Australia's economic growth
Sydney has become Australia's economic powerhouse, accounting for 41 per cent of the nation's economic growth.
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State GDP. Melbourne living standards slip, as manufacturing slides to record low

Melbourne living standards slip, as manufacturing slides to record low
Melbourne is no longer Australia's manufacturing capital, and living standards are going backwards.
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The Fair Work Commission is responsible for much of the gap between male and female wages, a landmark study has found

By award. 'Fair work' gives women less than men
The Fair Work Commission is responsible for much of the gap between male and female wages, a landmark study has found.
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Father-son economists Geoff and Tim Harcourt: 'We have coffee or lunch every day'.

Father-son economists Geoff and Tim Harcourt: 'We have coffee or lunch every day'
“Airport economist” Tim Harcourt teaches at the University of NSW alongside his dad, leading economic theorist Geoff Harcourt.
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