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Budget 2021: Why the government needs to help young workers avoid labour market scarring

04 May 2021

Labour market scarring can have a lifelong effect on people’s earnings and their ability to climb the employment ladder, says UNSW Business School's Richard Holden.

Why economists are giving the federal budget a 'B' rating

09 Oct 2020

With the government taking on record debt in a bid to pull Australia out of recession, infrastructure-related spending must be carefully managed, says UNSW Business School.

We're facing an insolvency tsunami. With luck, these changes will avert the worst of it

30 Sep 2020

New rules will allow insolvent small businesses to keep trading rather than go straight into administration.

2018 budget reaction: Professor Kristy Muir, CEO Centre for Social Impact

09 May 2018

Professor Kristy Muir, CEO at the Centre for Social Impact, says the 2018 federal budget did not include enough for vulnerable members of our society.

Budget 2018 comment: Professor Helen Christensen, Director of the Black Dog Institute

09 May 2018

Professor Helen Christensen, Director of the Black Dog Institute, reacts to the 2018 federal budget

No RBA rate change, but economy sputtering along as federal budget nears

01 May 2018

Australia may be celebrating 103 quarters without a recession, but the figures may not be quite as rosy as they first appear.

Should Canada emulate Australia with a ‘budget honesty’ charter?

24 Oct 2017

Usman W. Chohan examines whether the Australian Charter of Budget Honesty could benefit other countries, including Canada.

Vital Signs: Why the government still thinks it can ‘grow away’ the deficit

05 May 2017

Some seem to think the RBA is bullish on growth, but reading between the lines it seems to be hedging, writes Richard Holden.

Real reasons behind the Greek crisis: inefficiency and a fudged budget deficit

07 Jul 2015

From the outset, economic history was against Greece joining the Euro, writes Ross Buckley.

Federal finances and family budgets have a great deal in common

29 Jan 2015

Advocates for unlimited debt – public or private – have failed to make their case, or even shown how it is possible without a breakdown of society, writes Peter Swan.

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