Monday, October 23, 2023
Since October 7th, the Gaza Strip has been facing the most severe escalations of violence since its blockade which started in 2007. As of October 18th, the number of IDPs in Gaza is estimated at over one million, half of which are finding refuge in...
Country:
Asia, Palestinian Territory
Thursday, September 8, 2022
The Albanese government has something of an embarrassment of intellectual riches, with no less than three of its MPs holding PhDs in economics. Two of them, Andrew Charlton and Andrew Leigh, are also prolific authors with at least a dozen books between...
Country:
Europe, Oceania, Australia
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Monday, August 15, 2022
The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU)’s most recent campaign calls for Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme workers to receive a minimum payment after deductions of $250 per week. The AWU proposes that any outstanding deductions should...
Friday, July 8, 2022
Imagine a strip of land - 41 km long, 6 to 12 km wide - with more than 2 million inhabitants and where half of the population are children. Imagine that a land closure coupled with an air and sea blockade restricts imports of vital supplies and prevents...
Country:
Asia, Palestinian Territory
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Thursday, June 2, 2022
On 21 May, Australia rejected the divisive and self-serving politics that characterized the government of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison, but throughout the election campaign, there was a great silence: what must this wealthy country do to reduce...
Monday, May 23, 2022
Making ends meet in the Gaza Strip, which has been under closure since 2007, is hard enough. But protracted conflict and violence create new setbacks in the lives of the Gaza Strip’s children.
That’s why UNICEF and its partners, the Palestinian...
Country:
Asia, Palestinian Territory
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Monday, October 18, 2021
In a country as affluent as Australia, it is an uncomfortable truth that one in six Australian children live in poverty. Of these children, many live in sole-parent families where poverty is disproportionately prevalent. Research conducted by the...
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Job retention schemes during the pandemic prioritised preservation over reallocation, but evidence on their allocative and productivity consequences is scarce. Using tax data for Australia, this column shows that job reallocation and firm exit remained...
Sunday, September 12, 2021
Men have been getting the lion’s share of emergency income support during Sydney’s winter lockdown even though women have borne the brunt of job losses. The total number of workers in NSW relying on the federal government’s COVID-19 disaster payment has...
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
National cabinet will start creating the path out of lockdowns on Friday when the country’s leaders look at how many Australians must be vaccinated in order to end economically damaging restrictions.