How much the cost of living crunch has cost you – and what you have cut out
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Spending

How much the cost of living crunch has cost you – and what you have cut out

Two years of high inflation and rising interest rates has slashed our spending power. These charts show by how much.

  • byMatt Wade

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Sorry,it’s not gallantry that wins wars,it’s economic might

Sorry,it’s not gallantry that wins wars,it’s economic might

Whatever their causes,wars are usually won by the side with the most economic resources. Here’s why.

  • byRoss Gittins
Big companies dodge spending crunch as small businesses face rising failure risk

Big companies dodge spending crunch as small businesses face rising failure risk

Large corporations,including supermarkets,have become more resilient,but smaller retailers are facing greater risk of failure as the consumer spending crunch drags on.

  • byMillie Muroi
Planning hurdles holding back the power grid’s race to renewables

Planning hurdles holding back the power grid’s race to renewables

Wind and solar farms are waiting up to two years for planning permission,as investors take aim at “pinch points” obstructing efforts to wean the grid off coal.

  • byNick Toscano
Buildings as batteries? We need bright ideas like this

Buildings as batteries? We need bright ideas like this

Office blocks have an important part to play in our efforts to limit further climate change. How? Keep reading.

  • byRoss Gittins
Consumer watchdog refuses to certify green labelling scheme

Consumer watchdog refuses to certify green labelling scheme

The ACCC has not certified a key federal government program used by more than 500 companies to promote their environmental credentials.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey
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One group was working from home centuries ago. Here’s why it matters

One group was working from home centuries ago. Here’s why it matters

The pandemic helped jump-start a shift in who works in our economy. Here’s how we can hold on to the gains.

  • byMillie Muroi
The green energy ‘big bets’ Australia needs to go after:Sun Cable cofounder

The green energy ‘big bets’ Australia needs to go after:Sun Cable cofounder

Sun Cable’s cofounder wants Australia to think bigger about the green energy switch,saying the nation should strive to become a renewable energy superpower.

  • byNick Toscano
The pandemic pumped up productivity. Then the bubble burst

The pandemic pumped up productivity. Then the bubble burst

Here’s how we’re tracking now,and why putting in more work isn’t the answer.

  • byMillie Muroi
US and China’s mounting debts could hurt us all
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IMF

US and China’s mounting debts could hurt us all

Rising government debt and deficits in the world’s two largest economies could have spillover effects on the rest of the global economy.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
‘New Competition’? It’s protectionism with an industry policy veneer
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Trade

‘New Competition’? It’s protectionism with an industry policy veneer

Australia is about to join the protectionist wave sweeping through major economies with its “Future Made in Australia” scheme. History suggests we shouldn’t.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz