More, not less, equality needed for economic growthAs Australia moves away from the GFC and focuses more on growth, our economic policies need to aim for equality. More equal incomes means a more stable economy, writes Trevor Cook.
Social inequality
Social inequality is toxic to our health
Higher taxes and costs will drive some low income people to cut their spending but those with least sense of self control will go without food instead, writes Eva Cox.
Andrew Murray: What to do with the surplus?
From a forecasting perspective it is a poor show when a Government gets the surplus so badly wrong just three months after the budget, but they are serial offendors on this front, so none of us are surprised, writes Senator Andrew Murray.
$17billion of our money, p-ssed up against the wall
One question the media are unlikely to ask about Peter Costello’s revelation of a $17.3b surplus for 2006-07 is what right does a government have to rip that much money out of taxpayers with nothing to show for it?
