Opinion
GDP
Can the RBA quash inflation without crashing the economy? It’s becoming unclear
The big squeeze on consumer spending is happening and growth is slowing. So why are interest rates rising?
- by Ross Gittins
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Gender equality
It’s not the wolf at the door that’s driving women to work harder
It’s easy to conclude that more women are having to work more hours just to keep up with the cost of living, but I think that sells women short.
- by Ross Gittins
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Minimum wage
Big business cries poor on wages even as profits mount
Don’t believe anyone – not even a governor of the Reserve Bank – trying to tell you the increase in minimum award wages is anything other than good news for the lowest-paid quarter of wage earners.
- by Ross Gittins
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Sydney house prices
Affordable housing? Build (in the right place) and they will come
The real supply issue is not the building of enough houses, it’s building enough housing where people want to live.
- by Ross Gittins
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Big four accountants
Accountants were boring until the government paid them billions to do its job
Should public services be delivered by the private sector? Based on the PwC scandal, the answer is a resounding no.
- by Ross Gittins
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Federal budget
Gilding the budget lily: Labor brings in the creative accountants
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher didn’t need to pay PwC a motza to explain how to make the budget seem better than it was.
- by Ross Gittins
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Federal budget
What they don’t tell you about how the budget works
We all have budgets, but the federal government’s budget ain’t like any other budget you’ve known.
- by Ross Gittins
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Jobs
Big change to our economy will come at a cost, but only if we care
The proportion of our workforce employed in the care economy has gone from 2 per cent in the 1960s to 10 per cent today. About 80 per cent of these workers are women.
- by Ross Gittins
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Jobs
Our big risk: Fix inflation, but kiss goodbye to full employment
If you think getting inflation down is our one big economic worry, you have a cockeyed view of economic success.
- by Ross Gittins
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Climate policy
Climate change will hurt. Fortunately for us, we can still be the lucky country
Dealing with climate change has some upsides for Australia’s economy – but they won’t come cheap.
- by Ross Gittins
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Income tax
The PM is set for a taxing backlash, and guess who’ll be leading the cry?
If Anthony Albanese thinks keeping the promise of stage three tax cuts will mean no outcry, he’s sadly deluded.
- by Ross Gittins