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Jobs summit has not delivered a new direction for Australia

16 September 2022 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The jobs summit was going to deliver a consensus that will chart a way forward towards a fairer Australia. At least that is what we were told. Those who knew better knew […]

It is not wage rises causing of inflation and harming the economy

26 August 2022 Editor 0

By Joe Montero There are forces in Australia gearing up a campaign to keep wages down. Led by the corporate sector and backed by the Reserve Bank of Australia. There has been a modest rise […]

Real wages are falling and cannot be the cause of inflation

10 August 2022 Editor 0

By Joe Montero Despite all the hype, and even a Reserve Bank forecast of a 3.5 percent rise next year, the pay packet of the average punter is not going up, and in real terms, […]

Australia’s economy faces problems rooted in its structure

10 August 2022 Editor 0

By Joe Montero People have been saying that the economy is in strife for a long time, and along with the climate crisis, the rising cost of living that is making the headlines. Everyone feels […]

There are better ways to stop inflation than by hiking interest rates

27 June 2022 Editor 0

Richard D Wolf, professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, wrote the following. It was first published by the Pressenza International Press Agency (6 June 2022). Inflation is on the rise and hurting […]

Australia’s inflation rate is rising and why this is happening?

7 June 2022 Editor 0

By Joe Montero Australia’s inflation rate is rising and set to rise further still. In the first three months of this year, it rose 5.1 percent, according to Jim Chalmers, the Treasurer of the newly […]

Wages and social security justice should be at centre stage of election campaign

18 April 2022 Editor 0

Contributed A few days into the election campaign and two big issues are already being ignored, the falling share of wages and the even worse opposition faced by those trying to live on social security […]

The budget should solve rising cost of living and not pork barrel for votes

29 March 2022 Editor 0

By Jim Hayes Hours before Treasurer Josh Frydenberg delivers this year’s budget, the big issue is the rising cost of living beginning to push down the standard of living for millions of Australians. Instead of […]

Signals that the coming budget will be a con are now out

19 March 2022 Editor 0

By Joe Montero This year’s federal budget is coming up, and this time the details are being kept hidden from the public. In a budget just before an election there are usually sound bites promising a […]

New generation is worse off than those born before

7 March 2022 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The Brotherhood of St Laurence’s twelfth Life Chances report has come out and what it reveals comes as no real surprise. Australians born after 1990 are on average worse off than those who were born […]

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