Australians are a funny bunch when it comes to overseas migration. We tolerate outsiders crossing our shores, if only because our populatio...
The facts about job vacancies
One of the many surprise policies announced in the federal government's 2014-15 Budget was a big change to the way income support is pa...
Clive Palmer's Atomic Wedgie
As if Tony Abbott hadn’t wedged himself enough on climate policy, yesterday Clive Palmer delivered him a Seinfeldian atomic wedgie that will...
Foreign ownership of Australian farms
Recently released statistics on foreign ownership of Australian farms reveal a crisis in the Agricultural industry. We're being overru...
The Great Tobacco Debate
If you’ve been living under a rock, you may have missed the debate that’s been raging over the past couple of weeks over tobacco consumption...
Queensland population changes
Friday's release of Australian demographic statistics by the ABS shows some intersting population changes in Queensland. The December...
Energy consumption
Over the past four years household energy consumption has dropped 1 . It is almost impossible to say why this has occurred. Rising electri...
Ageing population
Our population is getting old. The latest demographic estimates released by the ABS confirm the continuing trend. It is remarkable to see ...
State of Origin
Well done to New South Wales for a hard fought series win. We need to give them a win every now and then to keep the contest interesting. S...
Offshore processing
Two hits in two days to a resonable approach to aslym seekers. Yesterday the Australian Labor Party caucus voted down a motion by Melissa P...
Where does our foreign aid money go?
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop today announced that Australia’s foreign aid program will be reformed from a donor-recipient model to one cent...
Australian Foreign Aid
Australia currently provides official development assistance at a rate of 0.37 of gross national income 1 (that is, 37c out of every $100 e...
Finance and House Prices
The latest lending finance figures were released by the ABS on Friday. There were a couple of interesting figures in the pack. The statis...
Queensland Interstate Trade Down
Today's release of Queensland interstate trade figures show we've taken a bit of a pounding in the past quarter. From December to ...
Views on Climate Change
Today's Essential Report gives an update on Australians' attitudes on climate change. The report asks: Do you believe that there ...
Incomes, Inequality and Welfare
Joe Hockey gave a speech on Wednesday of last week in which he proved the old adage that you can't dig your way out of a hole. After r...
Employment in Queensland
The Queensland Government today reported that "Queensland leads the nation in jobs growth" , with 18,200 new full time jobs, and m...
Ezekiel 34
With the continued poor treatment by the Austrailan Government of asylum seekers, the recent violent death of an asylum seeker on Manus Isla...
Are We Still Stealing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children?
As National Reconciliation Week draws to a close, I'm struck by how much I've read lately about Australia's continuing stolen g...
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