A referendum on national prosperity
Bill Shorten's plan is quite at odds with the national economic successes of the last three decades.
Letters: Ramsay curriculum, income gap, Adani, Palestine and electric vehicles
AFR readers' Letters to the Editor, Friday April 12, 2019.
Approve Adani and end the age of activists
The continued delaying on approvals for the Carmichael mine is an embarrassment for Australia, and governments that have kowtowed to activists.
Letters: Industry super, renewable energy, Lynas, climate change and NBN
AFR readers' Letters to the Editor, Thursday April 11, 2019.
Why the West's big economies are turning Japanese
Western nations need some of the policy boldness that they once urged upon Japan if they are to avoid decades of malaise.
Productivity lifts pay, not protest marches
Pay rises as companies invest, not because of protests or votes.
Letters: Surplus politics, capital gains tax, election choices and Palestine
AFR readers' Letters to the Editor, Wednesday April 10, 2019.
How does Australia end wage stagnation?
There are better ways of managing the labour market than just sitting around hoping that wages will rise.
Don’t make fairness a tax on aspiration
Even by 2022 the difference between the two parties for cops, nurses, teachers and salaried tradies on $90,000 per year starts to become app...
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tony boyd
The dollar holds the key to systemic risk
A pro-cyclical currency like the Australian dollar can cause havoc when markets tank.
phillip coorey
It's every man for himself
If you are in any doubt how the Coalition has misread the politics of climate change and how concerned the Liberals are about Victoria, look at the recent change in language and behaviour.
adele ferguson
ACCC has $170b franchising sector in its sights
It is time for both sides of politics to step up and fix a sector that has been crying out for reform for decades.
jennifer hewett
Taxes down, politics up
The Coalition believes hammering Labor over higher taxes on "hard working Australians" is its best hope for what will be a torrid, if not terrifying campaign
jonathan shapiro
Kraft a rare stumble for Buffett, Douglass
Investors in Kraft Heinz have learnt a valuable lesson - Warren Buffett doesn't get everything right. The Kraft Heinz crash is also a blow, albeit a manageable one, for Hamish Douglass' Magellan.
michael smith
The best stories CEOs have told me
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matthew stevens
Squadron still plans to land Kembla gas project
Andrew Forrest's gas import project for NSW has lost its CEO, but Stuart Johnston says that does not mean he is working on a disappearing project.
laura tingle
Lot of bad policy, politics in 15 years
There has been a lot of bad public policy and bad politics in Australia in the past 15 years. And occasional moments of the alternative.
christopher joye
Why our super trillions aren't powering Australia
Showing Australians the true risk of overloading their savings with shares through a better rating system would drive a bigger bond market.
james thomson
Why banks won't pass on the RBA's next cut
There is no way the banks will want to pass on a cut in July or August of this year – regardless of the political pressure they will be under.
