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At last China’s playing fair on trade
It’s good to see China taking down its trade barriers against Australia, given how important the country is to our exports and jobs. But more needs to be done before…
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The RBA’s not dumb enough to raise rates on that inflation number
Just when rate worriers were thinking the RBA was over with rate rises, along comes August’s inflation rise that has the media speculating more hikes…
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Hunt for more Qantas scalps goes to Senate today
There’s a lynch mob out there looking for necks to stretch and their target is the masterminds behind the huge $2.47 billion profit Qantas racked…
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Shock news: EnergyAustralia accused of taking consumers for a ride
It’s great that regulators are cracking down on companies behaving badly but given what happened at Qantas concerning Alan Joyce and the board and the…
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Dan Andrew’s tax slug set to infect other states
This 7.5% tax applies to short stay platforms such as Airbnb and doesn’t discriminate between rent from a full house or a converted garage or…
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How much do you need to invest?
How much does someone need if they want to kick off investing in the stock market?
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Is Tim Gurner right about Aussie workers?
Builder/developer Tim Gurner gave a good old Aussie spray about Aussie workers, for which he has since apologised.
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Tell me lies, Dr Jim, ‘tweet’ little lies
Treasurer Jim tweeted what seemed to be a sweet little economic lie. However, on social media platforms, even a ‘tweet’ little lie, oh no-no you…
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The economy: I see the bad moon a-risin’. I see trouble on the way…
Respected economist Chris Richardson sees a bad moon a-risin’. If data this week is worse than expected, there will be a bad moon on the…