The increasingly strident and wide-spread criticism of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is a problem of the Commonwealth Government’s own making. It is time for the Commonwealth Government to level with Australians, so we can better understand what the plan is and whether everything really is going to plan.
read more The vaccine rollout – going well according to which plan?
Cutting unemployment benefits by $50 a week will take about $5 billion out of the economy in the coming year. That’s not good news for jobs.
read more Why the JobSeeker ‘rise’ could actually cost 40,000 Australians their jobs
The Morrison Government today finally announced an increase in the permanent rate of JobSeeker. But still unemployed Australians are being asked to live well below the poverty line.
High childcare costs continue to hurt families. Affordable childcare could boost workforce participation and help the COVID recovery.
read more New data a reminder that high childcare costs continue to bite in Australia
Here’s a useful chart for people trying to keep trace of the ’stubborn tail’ of COVID-19 cases.
You’d think it would be a simple question to answer, but unfortunately it’s not. Here’s why.
Why cheaper childcare is an economic reform and who benefits
read more Is Labor’s childcare policy welfare for the well-off?
Tomorrow’s Budget is likely to feature personal income tax cuts – this piece explains the policy choices, who benefits, and the key things to look out for
read more Explainer: the argument over personal income tax cuts
The world only ever asks about women’s children. Australia should be the first country to ask about men’s.
Australia is in for a long and damaging economic slump, unless governments inject substantially more fiscal stimulus.
