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The economy
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City life
Young shun CBD as back-to-office process stalls
The high rate of post-pandemic youth unemployment, a greater propensity to shop online and the absence of international students are reducing the proportion of young people walking the city’s streets.
- by Noel Towell and Jackson Graham
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Opinion
Immigration
Our closed borders have turbo-charged the economy’s recovery
The economy’s rebound from the lockdowns of last year has been truly remarkable – far better than anyone dared to hope. Even so, it’s not quite as miraculous as it looks.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Global economy
Biden’s risky spending poses a danger for the world
Joe Biden’s spending spree is unlike anything peacetime America has seen and has global implications.
- by Liam Halligan
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Insolvency
CBD shops, eateries face struggle for survival amid ‘quadruple whammy’
Hundreds of food, hospitality and retail businesses in central Melbourne will bear the brunt of a wave of business failures and insolvencies in the next six weeks.
- by Noel Towell
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Property investment
‘Weapons grade bulls---’: Property data challenges sales blather
Australia’s dotcom pioneer Evan Thornley has crunched the data on Melbourne real estate investments and his findings might surprise.
- by Noel Towell
Opinion
Global economy
Biden is rediscovering America’s lost soul with his spending spree
The President is being anything but “un-American” as he seeks to get the US back on track with a spending binge.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Opinion
Gender
How gender quotas can help kill both ‘queen bees’ and ‘tokens’
Quotas should be a central part of our current debate about improving economic outcomes for both women and society at large.
- by Jessica Irvine
Brokers and banks overwhelmed as Australians rush for a mortgage
People are buying on Saturday and rushing to get their finances organised on Monday in another sign of the heat in the national property market.
- by Shane Wright, Jennifer Duke and Charlotte Grieve
‘Dog biting dog’: China’s tech giants turn on each other amid Beijing crackdown
Under pressure from authorities, China’s internet companies are kowtowing to Beijing and trying to make their rivals look bad.
- by Li Yuan
Opinion
Federal budget
On budget night, here’s how we’ll know if Scott Morrison really cares about women
The Prime Minister has been lucky - but how will he choose to use his luck?
- by Ross Gittins
Analysis
China relations
Tesla and Elon Musk are on thin ice with China
A company that often treats authorities with insolence is getting some of its own medicine. How Elon Musk handles the issue will determine his success, not just in China but around the world.
- by Anjani Trivedi