Economy
The economic benefits of reducing chronic disease
The economic and human cost of chronic disease is staggering. Chronic illness causes healthcare costs to rise and indirectly affects......
Hockey guns for tax cuts, skips tax reform and revenue issues
Treasurer Joe Hockey is being criticised by both the left and the right after pushing for tax cuts for the......
Rent-Try-Buy Lie
New laws are set to mean Centrepay won’t be used to fund consumer leases. Group Consumer Action believes retailers are......
Community legal services struggle under government bureaucracy
Community legal services are at risk of losing funding thanks to restrictive new criteria put in place by the Commonwealth......
Shipbuilding Jobs ‘Lost at Sea’
A $89 billion naval ship building package will be signed off by Tony Abbott this week as the Prime Ministers......
Gunyangara people get control of their economic destiny
Traditional owners from Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory have signed a contract that could lead to more economic control.......
TAFE risks being destroyed by privatisation
De-funding TAFE will simply exacerbate the skills shortage – how about The Greens $1.2 billion TAFE rescue package – would......
Government fraud costing big bucks
A new report by the Australian Institute of Criminology shows the government lost over 530 million dollars last year to......
Live cattle export deal with China will export jobs
Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has given the tick of approval to a live cattle export deal up to worth $2......
Can the states ever agree on the GST?
NSW Premier Mike Baird has launched the first bid to raise the GST ahead of a leader’s summit this week......