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COVER STORY The deeper causes of Australia’s social malaise

Peter WestmoreApr 21, 20181 min read
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The recent controversy over Australian cricketers’ ball tampering in South Africa, the increasing incidence of road rage, “one-punch” attacks, home invasions, online bullying and public…

COVER STORY Free trade agreements leave us even more dependent on China

Patrick J. ByrneApr 7, 20181 min read
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Trade is in the headlines with Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports and on imported steel, a reaction to decades of trade deficits and the…

COVER STORY Media ensure a comfy rise for Bill Shorten

Peter WestmoreMar 24, 20181 min read
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Although Australia’s economy in 2018 is cruising forward with rising prosperity and declining unemployment, the Turnbull Government cannot take a trick. Even Malcolm Turnbull’s success…

COVER STORY Family home in cities soaring further out of reach

Chris McCormackMar 10, 201812 min read
COVER STORY Family home in cities soaring further out of reach

Australia has no affordable housing markets, according to the Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: 2018. The 14th annual Demographia survey measured 293 international housing markets’…

COVER STORY Weatherill demand places Murray-Darling in jeopardy

Chris McCormackFeb 24, 20188 min read
COVER STORY Weatherill demand places Murray-Darling in jeopardy

The decision by Prime Minister Julia Gillard in 2012 to take an additional 450 gigalitres “up water” from the Murray Darling catchment and send it…

COVER STORY Blackouts due to closure of coal-fired power stations

Peter WestmoreFeb 10, 20185 min read
COVER STORY Blackouts due to closure of coal-fired power stations

The consequences of the closure of the Northern Power Station in South Australia in 2016, and the 1600-megawatt Hazelwood Power Station in Victoria last year…