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What’s next for NSW abortion laws?

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian voted against a foetal personhood bill in 2013. Will she do so again?

Hands off our uggs: Australian manufacturing putting the boot into Chinese markets

Tourists bulk-buying baby milk powder is just a small part of the new demand for Australian manufacturing in China.

Treasury boss makes heavy weather of climate questions

If you assume Treasury has done some thinking about how Australia will be affected by climate change, you'd be wrong, as we learnt this week at estimates.

Forced divestment can start rolling back the toxic impact of concentration

The government is right to embrace forced divestment in the energy sector, and Barnaby Joyce is right to call for that to be expanded across the whole economy. Meanwhile, Labor is siding with big business.

Deputy Reserve Bank governor Guy Debelle. (Image: AAP/David Kapernick)

The death of manufacturing — overrated and overstated

Australian manufacturing isn't as dead as some make out. And so what if it is?

Professor Nouriel Roubini. Image credit: Rebecca Le May/AAP

Could Australia survive another financial crisis?

If there's another financial crisis, is Australia well-placed to respond? Not as well as we might be.

A government refusing to act on climate change is a government not fit to lead

Some political parties are simply unfit to govern. The federal Liberals' refusal to address climate change disqualifies them from the being serious policymakers.

Morrison backs Tesla-toting elites over ordinary motorists

By abandoning an inquiry into road pricing, Scott Morrison is siding with wealthy drivers who can afford to opt out of the current fuel excise system.

Delusions run deeper and deeper for Australian business

The new line from the business lobby is that our economic growth is "just luck". In fact the refusal of politicians to obey their demands has been crucial to that "luck".

You can bet your bottom bitcoin this stability won't last

The world's most notoriously volatile cyrptocurrency is currently trading without volatility, but there's more to it than you may think.