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The cost-of-living lesson for the government in early super access debate

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Should superannuation be used to control inflation?

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Confused about interest rates and inflation? You’re not alone

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We're quadrillionaires. Also, things seem terrible.

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Labor contemplates a "fairer return" for Australia's resources

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Big Tech promises the world with AI. Australians shouldn’t believe them.

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Australia’s gambling toll grows as government sidesteps total ad ban

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BREAKING: Housing slightly more affordable

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Inflation falls, tax changes pass & Greg loses his fancy parking spot

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What is 'middle income' in Australia?

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The impact of the government’s massive NDIS cuts

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Data centre boom widens gap between growth figures and reality

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How about we just tax gas? Examining One Nation’s gas policy

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Fair dinkum! The Prime Minister called us out over a gas tax

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More pain coming as RBA hikes rates again

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Ending Australia's great gas giveaway

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Trump chaos driving bleak economic outlook

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Will Trump send Australia into recession?

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It’s time to tax gas properly

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Fuel price gouging is…legal?!

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Double pain for Australians as interest rate and oil price hikes bite

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FFS: fossil fuel subsidies cost Australia $30,000 a minute

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Future uncertain as US says war on Iran has ‘only just begun'

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Why the wealthiest don’t need another tax cut

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Real wages are down, but apparently inflation is all your fault

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Are record property prices on the way (again)?

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How Australian high schools became the most expensive in the developed world

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BREAKING: Australia's housing market still cooked

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It's a time for bravery

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Is this growth...good?!

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This inequality isn't inevitable

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The gas industry’s “huge con”

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How bad policy created a housing crisis

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Inflation beats employment by the length of the straight (sigh)

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Reddit to the rescue: watchdog sues Microsoft after AI price-hike complaints

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How gold became a memecoin

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Pots and kettles: Trump trades barbs with China over trade

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Housing affordability to get worse as big corporates do annual tax magic

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The housing market just got more cooked

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How ScoMo stuffed the GST

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The biggest risk to Australia’s economy

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Robodebt and super tax: Rob the poor, feed the rich?

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Productivity crisis? Australia’s “lazy” oligopolies could step up

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How not to impose a tariff

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Red mist over the red tape cop-out

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Price gouging is profitable, more news at 11

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The problem with productivity

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Lowest inflation since Covid, but will the RBA act?

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Australia is a low-taxing nation

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Special treatment: why are defence dollars different?

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RBA moves goalposts and keeps rates on hold

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Negative gearing is back, baby!

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The rich cry poor; the media laps it up

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The rich are getting richer

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Greg's productivity wishlist

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Why Australia's economic growth is "pathetic"

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Rates are down (Elinor still can’t afford a house)

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Is the fight against inflation over?

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The economy (it still exists)

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If not now, when?

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Your election questions answered

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Defence: too much is never enough

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Crushing the Australian (and Elinor's) dream

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Actually though, what the hell is going on in the economy?

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Trump's tariffs won't wreck Australia's economy. But America's could be cooked.

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A Budget that does no harm (sort of)

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Greg's budget wishlist

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Australia's sick housing joke

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Australia’s economy has turned a corner. America’s is heading off a cliff.

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Australia's surplus obsession (and why it needs to end)

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A soft landing? What the rate cut means for the Australian economy

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You get a tariff. YOU get a tariff!

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What's driving the wealth inequality crisis?

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The circular economy of bad ideas

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The not-so-super tax concessions

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The Election at the End of the World

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Okay, it's not ALL Greg's fault

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It's all Greg's fault

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The economy is people

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Making America pay

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Small change for Big Cash

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All I want for Christmas...

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Less for more: Australia's dud private health insurance system

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The free market: no problems, ever!

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The misery business: why economists should cheer up about low unemployment

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You're gonna be the one that saves me: Albo's dynamic pricing crackdown

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Are you feeling NATURE POSITIVE?!

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The government’s coal approvals could make the housing crisis worse

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Is the government gearing up for a housing change?

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Profits over people

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House prices aren't just cooked, they're deep fried

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A putrid set of numbers

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Middle, middle, middle class: Harris' pitch to the heartland

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Cashing in on a crisis

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Pour one out for the big four banks

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Australians hate gambling ads, so why is the government tiptoeing around a ban?

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Rate expectations: will Australians get a rate cut for Christmas?

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Another airline is grounded - should the government buy it?

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Imports are for LOSERS! Trump's 'America first' economics

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What would Trump 2.0 mean for the global economy?