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The cost of living crisis is over — so why aren’t we all celebrating?
Oct 14, 2024 · Inflation fell to 5.6%, down from 6.6% in the previous quarter and 7.3% the one before.. Productivity increased from 94.5 to 95.5 points, the first rise in six quarters.. Welfare clients seeking short term emergency accommodation declined for the second consecutive quarter, as did those requiring financial assistance. JobSeeker claimants fell to 5.16% of the …
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May 22, 2024 · The growth of Australia's flexible office in 2024 22 May 2024 | Is an office just a bunch of walls and desks? Not according to an up-to-date working trend that is ...
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Dec 24, 2024 · Australian Treasury increases net migration forecast 19 Dec 2024 | Australia's Treasury increases 2024-2025 net migration forecast by 80,000
Australia's productivity not as bad as you've been told
Sep 24, 2024 · If a worker can churn out more output for a given level of hours worked, the economy grows in a non-inflationary, sustainable way. This is a good thing because it feeds into workers' wages and business profit growth as well as helping the budget as tax receipts rise in a strongly growing economy.
Independent Australia
Dec 18, 2024 · Independent Australia is a progressive journal.Our main editorial focus is on federal politics, democracy, the environment, human rights, Australian identity, Indigenous issues, economics, finance, health, law and the justice system.
Some Australian families are struggling, but fewer than ever before
Aug 5, 2024 · ABC News added to the negative narratives, as always: ‘Government's inflation policies hurting: Shadow Treasurer’; ‘Anthony Albanese's woes go much deeper than a reshuffle.Voter confidence has plummeted’; ‘For the first time in months, household spending has fallen’; and ‘Can Labor win a second term in this economy? In an unfortunate development last …
Let's be clear: Australia is not immune to ‘democratic backsliding’
Feb 18, 2024 · It is increasingly clear that we cannot take democracy for granted, writes Chris Simpson.. AS MANY observers have noted, we are living in a time marked by "democratic backsliding" and the consequences are starting to show.An obvious case in point is the resurgence of autocratic world leaders and the increasingly common practice of autocratic …
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Some very basic questions for the Reserve Bank of Australia
Nov 4, 2024 · Here are the questions for the RBA. Q: Can you confirm that in the December 2023 agreement on monetary policy, the objectives of the RBA are: The appropriate goal is ‘consumer price inflation between 2 and 3 per cent’.Further, ‘The Reserve Bank Board sets monetary policy such that inflation is expected to return to the midpoint of the target’.