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The economy is slowing as households get smashed by yet more rate rises

A slowing economy and households closing their wallets is bad news with a Reserve Bank...

Blame Game on Inflation has Only Just Begun

Every inflationary episode embodies a power struggle within society over who benefits from inflation, who...

Fair Work: 5.75% Award Wage Boost will not cause “Wage-Price Spiral”

Today’s 5.75% award wage increase is a necessary boost for the lowest paid workers but...

The level of public housing needs to return to previous levels

Australia needs more housing, and we definitely need more public housing There is rarely a...

Workplace Law Reform Must Limit Cancer of ‘Gig Work’ in Care Economy: Research

New research reveals the growth of ‘gig’ employment in the NDIS and care sector is...

Profit-Price Spiral an Inconvenient Truth for Big Business: Economists

Despite a mainstream shift in the national conversation away from baseless claims of a “wage-price...

Real wages falls and interest rates rises signal tough times for households and the economy

You can’t sustain household spending while real wages continue to fall, and households are starting...

Wages are growing solidly but real wages continue to plummet

Wages are growing the best they have for 11 years, but real wages are now...

Don’t worry about a budget surplus, worry about a slowing economy

Rather than be a budget that will fuel inflation, the budget is actually closer to...

Affordability of a Liveable Jobseeker Payment is a Non-Issue

In the lead-up to its 2023-24 budget, the Labor Government finds itself in an awkward...

The Reserve Bank’s decision to raise rates shows a total lack of coherency

Wages growth is rising slowly and inflation is falling faster than expected, and yet the...

7% Minimum Wage Rise Would Tackle Inflation, not Feed it: Research

A 7% National Minimum Wage rise for low paid workers would help tackle the rising...

Latest inflation figures show the RBA was right not to raise rates in April

Inflation is falling steadily but hitting low-income households the most. The March quarter consumer price...

The Stage 3 tax cuts are bad economics combined with terrible politics. They should be dumped.

The Stage 3 tax cuts were always bad, but with the removal of the low-middle...

Wealth inequality across generations will only fuel voter disenchantment

Millennials are not becoming more conservative as they age – and the rigged housing market...

With the impact of rate rises still to come the RBA is wise to pause

Perhaps as much as a third of the rate rises since April have yet to...

Stop the fear, give workers a fair pay rise

The whole point of public-sector wage caps is to keep all wages down It took...

The housing market has cooled, but housing unaffordability remains a long way off

House prices are falling but housing unaffordability remains high The most recent data on the...

Women Earn $1m less than men & $136,000 Less in Super over Working Life

New research released on International Women’s Day reveals Australian women earn $1.01m less over their...

Australian Inflation Reflects a Historic Redistribution from Workers to Bosses

The upsurge of inflation since the COVID-19 lockdowns has not had equal impacts on all...

Profit-Price Spiral: Excess Profits Fuelling Inflation & Interest Rates, not Wages

New empirical research reveals the main driver for inflation in Australia is excess corporate profits,...

Superannuation needs an objective and needs to be reviewed

Superannuation is too important for retirement to be allowed to be a tax dodge scheme...

Carmichael Centre Announces Appointment of Prof. David Peetz as Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow

Prof. Emeritus Peetz has recently retired from a long career at Griffith University, where he...

With interest rates set to rise another 3 times, no wonder consumers are feeling grim

The Reserve Bank now forecasts real household incomes will take longer to recover than they...