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Australia’s unemployment rate has fallen sharply as the economy created 116,000 new jobs in February, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This led to a sharp fall in the unemployment rate from 4.1% to 3.7%. ABS Chief Statistician Bjorn Jarvis…

A recent Finder survey has highlighted a worrying problem in Australian society: almost half of Australians have less than $1000 in savings. This equates to 9.4 million people, with the average amount available to save per person being just $210. In addition,…

The influx of migrants to Australia hit a record number in January, despite the Albanese government’s plan to slow the wave of new arrivals, leading to what legendary businessman Dick Smith called a “disaster for families”. Figures released last Thursday by the…

The cash rate will remain at 4.35% following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) March monetary policy meeting. The decision was largely expected, as the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed annual trimmed mean inflation fell to 3.8% in January, down…

A recent study suggests that a Coalition proposal allowing first-time homeowners to use their super for a house deposit could lead to a significant surge in prices, potentially raising property values by nearly $75,000 across Australia’s five major cities. According to modelling…

More than 100 lawyers endorsed the referral, which points to the military, intelligence, and rhetorical support Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has provided to the Israeli government. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, along with several Western leaders, has been providing political and material…

Brendan Coates – via The Conversation The federal government’s Help to Buy scheme is before the parliament. Both the Coalition and the Greens are opposed to it. If the bill is passed, the government will provide an equity contribution of up to…

Without the support of a whistleblower protection authority, too many whistleblowers remain silent, to the detriment of our democracy. Imagine finding something amiss at work: irregularities in project numbers as a public servant or discovering an oil spill’s environmental impact while working…

Australia’s political stage could be set for a showdown this week as the government introduces its proposal to parliament to overhaul the stage 3 tax cuts. Both parties have claimed that their tax package does a better of job tackling Australia’s cost…