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The long ‘to do’ list from the economic roundtable

By Michelle Grattan As Jim Chalmers was navigating his economic reform roundtable, his colleague Mark Butler on Wednesday took a dive from the 10-metre board into the

Five ways housing can drive up productivity

By Emma Baker, Andrew Beer and Rachel Ong ViforJ Most Australians invest much of their income into housing, making employment, education and retirement decisions based

COVID lessons being steadily forgotten

By Shane Rodgers Five years after COVID-19 knocked the world off its axis for a while, it is worth asking whether we have learnt much from the experience. During those

Prime Minister heralds start of economic reform roundtable

By Prime Minister Anthony Albanese This week in Canberra we are bringing together leaders from the business community, the union movement and civil society to work

The weird thing your mind does with memories

By Shane Rodgers I realised some time ago that I’m getting older. But it’s okay. Apparently everyone else is too. Even Brad Pitt, Elle MacPherson and Tom Cruise who

What to expect from the Trump-Putin summit

By Peter Rutland Like many such confabs before it, the August 15, 2025, Alaska red carpet rollout for Russian President Vladimir Putin is classic Donald Trump: A show of

Aussie workers likely to change career at least twice

By Catherine de Fontenay and Alex Robson Over the next two decades, the average Australian worker is likely to change occupations at least twice. Rapid technological

Australia will recognise Palestine as a state

By Michelle Grattan Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced Australia will recognise Palestine as a state at the United Nations leaders’ week in late

AI eyes 32 percent of jobs. Are you in its sights?

By Janine Dixon and James Lennox The Commonwealth Bank of Australia made headlines when it announced last week it would cut 45 call centre jobs, thanks to the

ACTU negative gearing plan would impact 300,000 Aussies

By Martin Duck The Australian Council of Trade Unions is pushing to limit negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts to just one investment property. So who stands

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