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...
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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...
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, 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.
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
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Responding to the impacts of COVID-19 in Western and Central Africa, the World Bank has supported the rapid...
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Africa, Burkina Faso, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone
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Monday, June 21, 2021
New data from the Australian bureau of statistics shows the drop in spending by households due to the pandemic increased the level of savings, but while income rose strongly for low income households due to a big rise in social assistance, inequality...
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the growing importance of employee insurance, according to the report, "Shaping a brighter future of work: Global and local market insights", released by Zurich Insurance Group last month.
There has been more...