Dollars & Sense
By The Australia Institute
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Economic data can tell us a lot about what's happening the economy and society, but it's easy to get lost in data. Dollars and Sense dives into the latest economic figures to explain how they impact you and what they tell us about the state of the Australian economy, with host Greg Jericho, Chief Economist at the Australia Institute and the Centre for Future Work and popular columnist of Grogonomics with Guardian Australia.
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The impact of the government’s massive NDIS cuts
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Data centre boom widens gap between growth figures and reality
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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How about we just tax gas? Examining One Nation’s gas policy
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May 28, 2026 |
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Fair dinkum! The Prime Minister called us out over a gas tax
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May 21, 2026 |
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Budget 2026: housing changes to slowly reverse decades of damage
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May 14, 2026 |
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More pain coming as RBA hikes rates again
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May 08, 2026 |
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Inflation soars, but it's not as bad as it seems
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Ending Australia's great gas giveaway
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Trump chaos driving bleak economic outlook
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Will Trump send Australia into recession?
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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It’s time to tax gas properly
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Fuel price gouging is…legal?!
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Double pain for Australians as interest rate and oil price hikes bite
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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FFS: fossil fuel subsidies cost Australia $30,000 a minute
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Future uncertain as US says war on Iran has ‘only just begun'
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Why the wealthiest don’t need another tax cut
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Real wages are down, but apparently inflation is all your fault
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Are record property prices on the way (again)?
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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How Australian high schools became the most expensive in the developed world
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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BREAKING: Australia's housing market still cooked
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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It's a time for bravery
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Is this growth...good?!
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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This inequality isn't inevitable
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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The gas industry’s “huge con”
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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How bad policy created a housing crisis
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Inflation beats employment by the length of the straight (sigh)
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Reddit to the rescue: watchdog sues Microsoft after AI price-hike complaints
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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How gold became a memecoin
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Pots and kettles: Trump trades barbs with China over trade
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Housing affordability to get worse as big corporates do annual tax magic
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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The housing market just got more cooked
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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How ScoMo stuffed the GST
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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The biggest risk to Australia’s economy
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Robodebt and super tax: Rob the poor, feed the rich?
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Productivity crisis? Australia’s “lazy” oligopolies could step up
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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How not to impose a tariff
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Red mist over the red tape cop-out
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Price gouging is profitable, more news at 11
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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The problem with productivity
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Lowest inflation since Covid, but will the RBA act?
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Australia is a low-taxing nation
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Special treatment: why are defence dollars different?
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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RBA moves goalposts and keeps rates on hold
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Negative gearing is back, baby!
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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The rich cry poor; the media laps it up
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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The rich are getting richer
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Greg's productivity wishlist
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Why Australia's economic growth is "pathetic"
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Rates are down (Elinor still can’t afford a house)
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May 29, 2025 |
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Is the fight against inflation over?
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May 22, 2025 |
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The economy (it still exists)
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May 15, 2025 |
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If not now, when?
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May 08, 2025 |
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Your election questions answered
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May 01, 2025 |
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Defence: too much is never enough
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Crushing the Australian (and Elinor's) dream
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Actually though, what the hell is going on in the economy?
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Trump's tariffs won't wreck Australia's economy. But America's could be cooked.
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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A Budget that does no harm (sort of)
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Greg's budget wishlist
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Australia's sick housing joke
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Australia’s economy has turned a corner. America’s is heading off a cliff.
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Australia's surplus obsession (and why it needs to end)
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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A soft landing? What the rate cut means for the Australian economy
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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You get a tariff. YOU get a tariff!
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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What's driving the wealth inequality crisis?
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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The circular economy of bad ideas
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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The not-so-super tax concessions
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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The Election at the End of the World
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Okay, it's not ALL Greg's fault
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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It's all Greg's fault
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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The economy is people
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Making America pay
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Small change for Big Cash
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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All I want for Christmas...
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Less for more: Australia's dud private health insurance system
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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The free market: no problems, ever!
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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The misery business: why economists should cheer up about low unemployment
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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You're gonna be the one that saves me: Albo's dynamic pricing crackdown
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Are you feeling NATURE POSITIVE?!
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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The government’s coal approvals could make the housing crisis worse
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Is the government gearing up for a housing change?
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Profits over people
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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House prices aren't just cooked, they're deep fried
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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A putrid set of numbers
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Middle, middle, middle class: Harris' pitch to the heartland
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Cashing in on a crisis
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Pour one out for the big four banks
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Australians hate gambling ads, so why is the government tiptoeing around a ban?
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Rate expectations: will Australians get a rate cut for Christmas?
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Another airline is grounded - should the government buy it?
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Imports are for LOSERS! Trump's 'America first' economics
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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What would Trump 2.0 mean for the global economy?
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Australia wastes billions making housing more expensive
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Supermarxist? Dutton and the duopoly
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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A nuclear nothingburger
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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The narrow path
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Pick your poison
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Why our GDP is going nowhere
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Walking the inflation tightrope
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May 30, 2024 |
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Poverty is a policy choice
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May 24, 2024 |