Time to spend
Jason van Tol tells a story of the true price of policy. Tragedy struck recently in my friend’s kindergarten class. Savanah, the single, working grandmother of Davey, one of the …
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Report lays bare Australia’s ‘sobering’ climate challenge
Rising temperatures are fuelling widespread environmental degradation across Australia and supercharging natural disasters, according to a government report released Wednesday in the wake of flash floods on the country’s east …
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Jailed Australian economist testifies in secretive Myanmar trial
An Australian academic and economic adviser to Myanmar’s elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained after the military seized power last year, has testified in a military court …
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A confluence of influence
Steve Keen has just finished his attempt to move from academia to politics in the recent Australian election. Even though he wasn’t successful, he had a ringside seat to a …
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Geoff Harcourt was one of Australia’s greatest economists and a link back to Keynes’s circle
Today Australia lays to rest one of its greatest economists and, with him, a rich chapter of the nation’s economic history. Obituaries are usually about the rich, famous and powerful. Outside …
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New Zealand raises interest rates for first time in seven years
New Zealand’s central bank has raised interest rates for the first time in seven years as it tries to rein in property prices and inflation. The Reserve Bank of New …
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New Zealand’s central bank is being asked to tackle a housing crisis
The duties of a central bank are ever expanding: Lender of last resort, financial regulator, macroeconomic manager… affordable housing agency? That’s the case now in New Zealand, where prime minister …
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The K in recovery
A post-Covid divergence in fortunes is leaving women in the trailing leg. Selvin Kwong reports. Jenny is one of many women who lost their jobs or had their hours reduced …
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Project Ruhani
Watch their final presentation and discussion with our expert panel… View the presentation … and hear our expert panel’s reflections. … and read more about this great project and the …
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Could The 4-Day Work Week Be the Way to Recover From Coronavirus? New Zealand Thinks So.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern suggested that the country should consider moving to a four day work week in order to encourage domestic tourism as the country looks beyond …
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