Peering into the budget crystal ball with Danielle Wood
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – for wonks that is. The Federal Government will soon release their May budget. But with economic recovery high on the agenda in the wake of COVID-19, you mig...
7 Mai 202118min
An Agenda For Australia’s First Minister For Women’s Economic Security
Australia has a new Minister for Women’s Economic Security in Jane Hume. But with an enormous gender gap in lifetime earnings between men and women, the significant job losses for women during the pan...
28 Apr 202115min
Why Australia should have a universal aged care system
All of us at some point in our lives have reaped the benefits of Medicare – whether that’s bulk billing a doctor’s appointment or receiving a more serious hospital procedure for free. When Medicare wa...
19 Apr 202121min
How to get to net-zero emissions in the National Electricity Market
Achieving net-zero emissions sometimes sounds like an unachievable dream. With the political football of climate policy, and the current reliance on gas and coal-fired electricity sources, you’d be fo...
11 Apr 202123min
Why house prices are skyrocketing (and what we can do to fix it)
Chances are, if you’re on the market for a new property, or are trying to sell, you might have noticed how bonkers the Australian property market is right now. Queues of thirty people at open inspecti...
26 Mar 202123min
What now for aged care?
At the start of March, the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety released its final report into aged care and laid out an extensive plan to overhaul the aged-care system. There’s no doubt...
15 Mar 202120min
How the COVID crisis affected Australian women
COVID has compounded the effects of career breaks for women. Just six months out of work can add another $100,000 to the average $2 million lifetime earnings gap between men and women with children in...
7 Mar 202117min
Will COVID-19 change the way we travel around cities forever?
It’s no exaggeration to say that COVID-19 has changed how we travel forever. Now that offices are reopening, many people are driving to work in order to avoid public transport. But do any of us want ...
24 Feb 202114min
