'No more smashed avos': secret diary of a first home buyer
Here it is, an embarrassing confession from a long-time advocate of renting: I want to own a home.
Jessica Irvine is a senior economics writer for Fairfax Media.
Here it is, an embarrassing confession from a long-time advocate of renting: I want to own a home.
Fears an apartment glut will spark a decline in Sydney property prices are overblown, according to a senior Reserve Bank official.
The team at ABC's Four Corners assembled a thrilling package about the Australian property boom last Monday.
There is still good reason to expect wages growth will pick up.
My working life began pushing a 2-stroke mower across the sprawling lawns of my suburban childhood home – a tricky business mustering enough force to pull the starter cord but, after that, a thoroughly satisfying process of methodically retracing one's steps at half-metre-spaced increments.
The explosion of love and goodwill that would accompany the legalisation of same-sex marriage cannot come soon enough for the Australian economy.
Since 1992, the number of Year 12 students taking economics has declined by almost 70 per cent, from 40,000 to closer to 10,000.
Just to be clear: In Australia, it is unlawful for employers to quiz female employees about their intentions to have children.
Australians love to whinge about the cost of living. But they might finally have a point, writes Jessica Irvine.
The trend of the past decades is towards rising inequality.
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