COVID left us poorer,sicker and with a big financial headache,inquiry told
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COVID left us poorer,sicker and with a big financial headache,inquiry told

Businesses,unions,health experts and the education sector say Australia needs to prepare for future pandemics to avoid repeating mistakes that are still being felt in some parts of the nation.

  • byShane Wright

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An expensive future made in Australia:Warnings on $23 billion plan

An expensive future made in Australia:Warnings on $23 billion plan

Governments around the world,including Australia,are using taxpayers’ money to support emerging industries. Now there are warnings these programs may achieve little.

  • byShane Wright
You want cheap stuff? You’ll need to accept more pain like the CrowdStrike crash

You want cheap stuff? You’ll need to accept more pain like the CrowdStrike crash

The blue screen of death was just the latest in a string of crises that have afflicted the global economy. Brace yourself for more.

  • byShane Wright
A quarter of a million shortfall:Housing target unlikely to be met

A quarter of a million shortfall:Housing target unlikely to be met

The federal government has set a target to build 1.2 million new homes by the end of the decade. A month into the plan,it is already in trouble.

  • byShane Wright
Private school charity status sacrosanct despite calls to scrap it

Private school charity status sacrosanct despite calls to scrap it

A plan to boost donations to charities has proposed ending tax-deductible giving to private schools,but the move has been shut down by the federal government.

  • byShane Wright andLucy Carroll
The five names that shrouded a terrible anniversary

The five names that shrouded a terrible anniversary

At a service to mark the 10th anniversary of the shooting down of flight MH17,five names hung over those in attendance.

  • byShane Wright
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The squeeze that could shut down one in 10 cafes this year

The squeeze that could shut down one in 10 cafes this year

High interest rates and inflation are forcing consumers to slice their spending. That could end up sending the local cafe broke.

  • byShane Wright
Ordinary workers ‘can’t keep up’ with mortgages,rent and bills – even with multiple jobs

Ordinary workers ‘can’t keep up’ with mortgages,rent and bills – even with multiple jobs

Working Australians,some with multiple jobs,are inundating financial counselling services at COVID-era levels as interest rates and inflation make life unaffordable.

  • byShane Wright
Sex toys,taxidermy and Pauline Hanson:Inside Shorten’s rogue campaign

Sex toys,taxidermy and Pauline Hanson:Inside Shorten’s rogue campaign

The NDIS minister is using unusual tactics in a bid to save $1 billion – and they’re starting to catch the attention of his Cabinet colleagues.

  • byShane Wright
Need more than a warm inner glow:Call to pay whistleblowers

Need more than a warm inner glow:Call to pay whistleblowers

The man whose actions led to the banking royal commission has backed an inquiry’s call for whistleblowers to be paid,saying it will encourage more to come forward.

  • byShane Wright
Amid champagne gifts and shameless rorting,one institution is fighting back
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Amid champagne gifts and shameless rorting,one institution is fighting back

The national audit office has released a series of scandalous reports that show our public bureaucracy falling apart,at a cost to us all.

  • byShane Wright