Why the bank levy is a good idea, not just a populist tax grab
Despite predictable outrage, the proposed $1.5 billion a year tax on banks is clever policy.
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Jessica Irvine
Jessica Irvine is a senior economics writer for Fairfax Media.
The budget cut that would cost taxpayers more in the long run
Everyone knows the National Disability Insurance Scheme is a great idea, but hopelessly over budget – an expensive Labor extravagance – right? Don't buy the lie.
The truth about that 'token' woman you dismiss
When we see a lone female on a board, or on a panel, we need to retrain our brains not to dismiss her.
Energy crisis will cost us dearly
When crisis strikes, the natural human response is to shut one's eyes, cover one's ears and wait for it to pass. This time you can't.
Parents left in the dark over the quality of childcare
Young parents these days have little alternative but to pay strangers to perform that most precious of services, caring for their little ones. It's an emotionally fraught process.
Australia poised to seize world economic record
Australia is on the cusp of achieving something truly remarkable – not to mention unprecedented in modern world history. It will be worth celebrating.
The bloody fight to the budget death starts now
Welcome to the 2017 annual budget games! It's a bloody fight to the death on the second Tuesday in May, and truth is the major casualty.
What every parent needs to know about the childcare changes
Patience – the ability to remain calm in the face of acute frustration - is a skill all parents of young children must learn.
'Uncertainty shock': How Donald Trump will corrode jobs and growth
Can you feel it? The weight of doubt. That pinch of fear? No, you're not imagining it
Amid the gloom, something for Australians to feel proud of
Behind the scenes, the wheels of Australian government are in feverish full swing to build one of the largest pieces of social and economic infrastructure this country has ever seen.
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