The Coalition government will retain power if it can convince both business and voters it understands Australia’s economic challenges.
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Australia is not Greece. There is no budget emergency in the sense of a patient flat-lining on the operating table. But Australia is like someone who is obese, unfit, and eating too much cheese.
The economic news of the week wasn’t that bad - but there’s still plenty of timid types around.
The gains from modest tax reform are not likely to be a revolution in Australia.
Federal treasurer Scott Morrison said that expenditure as a share of the economy under this government is falling, not increasing. Is that right?
Low inflation gives the RBA scope to cut rates in coming months but a lot will turn on whether we continue to see persistently weak GDP growth.
This week delivered more evidence that advanced economies are suffering from secular stagnation, hampering any real growth.
The key events that made the business community laugh, cheer and despair in 2015.
The experts’ take on Scott Morrison’s first mid-year economic update.
The collaboration required to foster more startups would benefit from a national system of entrepreneurship.
Too often the government’s economic plans have relied on overly optimistic expectations of future growth.
Australia’s economic complexity is declining and it’s not a good thing.
New research shows Australia will be better off with the NBN than it would have been without it.
Volatility is not going away any time soon, and if the US Fed decision plays the wrong way on the Australian dollar, our central bank could soon be back in the jawboning business.
To successfully achieve his goal of boosting Australian prosperity, new PM Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison will need to bust some myths about economic reform.
Tony Abbott says sound economic management is in the DNA of the Liberals. So what went wrong?
What can Turnbull do to deliver the kind of outstanding economic leadership he says Australia needs? His first step will be to acknowledge the economic problems Australia is currently facing.
Technically, Australia isn’t in recession; but data shows we are effectively in a situation of negative growth.
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Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg talks to Michelle Grattan about Syria, Australia's humanitarian refugee intake, the economy, and much more.
Australia has had 24 years of consistent growth. Is it all about to come to a crashing end?
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor of Economics (Griffith University) and Teaching Associate (University of Queensland), Griffith University
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Economics, Monash University
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Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney
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School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professorial Fellow and Co-Director, HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Economist and Director, Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute; Honorary Professor of Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Professor of Macroeconomics, University of Sydney