The Reserve Bank has warned inflation is set to weaken in coming quarters, setting the scene for more years of no interest rate rises.
As part-time work skyrockets, so too does underemployment. But what can we do about this, and what effect is it having on our mental health?
A key constraint on further interest rate cuts has vanished as property prices soften in Sydney and Melbourne.
The key battle on energy policy is whether the government can be allowed to embed Tony Abbott's denialism into the energy policy framework for a decade to come.
The longer the right believes neoliberalism can be restored if only the Liberals can sell it better, the happier Labor will be.
The Finance Minister has made it clear to colleagues that if they want to overturn the government's company tax cuts, they'll have to fight him.
Australia's economy is splitting between a market-controlled sector of low inflation and low wages growth, and a government-controlled sector where things are more like they used to be.
Despite all the bluster of those demanding an interest rate rise, inflation remains flat and interest rates aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
The government would have you believe that regular citizens are responsible for three times the tax avoidance of corporations. But those numbers don't add up.
Evidence emerging in the US suggests real wages have actually gone backwards since the Trump company tax cuts. Maybe company tax cuts actually lead to lower wages?
