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Live music
Kids have not ‘gone soft’ when it comes to music festivals
The rapid decline of music festivals in Australia is symptomatic of a bigger problem – and it’s not the fault of young people.
- by Millie Muroi
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Shipping
Stuck ships and supply chain inflation
Global supply chains don’t have as much slack as they did, say, last summer, after pandemic disruptions were mostly a thing of the past, because Baltimore isn’t the only problem.
- by Paul Krugman
LNG giants escape export clampdown this winter as supplies lift
East coast gas producers will avoid facing unprecedented orders to break export contracts and redirect supplies to Australian buyers this winter.
- by Nick Toscano
Former RBA boss warns Australian living standards in firing line
Philip Lowe says the current tax system is hurting Australia’s productivity, with the GST rate too low and income tax too high.
- by Millie Muroi
Parliamentary inquiry to shine light on financial abuse
A parliamentary committee has launched an inquiry into the hidden problem of financial abuse in Australia, which has been described as a form of domestic violence that often goes undetected.
- by Colin Kruger
Opinion
Rich List
Read it and weep: The Forbes billionaires just got a lot richer
Billionaires now account for $US14.2 trillion of the world’s wealth. To put this into perspective, this is larger than the gross domestic product of any country other than the US and China.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Interest rates
I hope the Easter bunny was good to you, because chances are the Reserve Bank won’t be
The ups and downs of interest rates mean more to Australian families than they do to virtually anyone else on the planet.
- by Chris Richardson
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Donald Trump is a fake tough guy on China
Trump makes a big show of being the man to keep China in check. But Joe Biden is the real deal.
- by Paul Krugman
Opinion
Healthcare
When funding healthcare, don’t forget the caring bit
Our leading health economist says that when it comes to healthcare funding, we should think about compassion and social justice, as well as being efficient.
- by Ross Gittins
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Credit cards
Borrower beware: default risks linger despite interest rate hiatus
Credit stress is most concentrated in Australia’s two biggest states.
- by Matt Wade
Opinion
Global economy
How China got its claws into the West’s green transition
The price of copper has long been the barometer for how well the global economy is travelling. But this time it tells a different story.
- by Eir Nolsoe