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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas)

Government racks up another win in its wage stagnation policy

Australian workers were stuck for another quarter with stagnant wages, the latest figures show. And this Groundhog Day is going to be repeating for a long time.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)

Why 37,500 is Australia’s magic number

When will Australia's rate-cutting frenzy end? It all depends on this week's jobs figures.

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The rise and rise of 'innovation hubs'

You can't swing a laptop bag in a major city without hitting an 'innovation hub'. Years after Malcolm Turnbull's 'ideas boom' failed to materialise, innovation remains on state government agendas.

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Life on Newstart means living your whole life behind the eight-ball

Being on Newstart doesn't just mean poverty. It can also mean losing the opportunities to ever escape it.

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Infrastructure groans under our addiction to population growth

Australians are paying the price for our addition to temporary migration through ever-longer commutes, a new report shows.

Is it safe to hand your banking passwords over to finance apps?

Budgeting and micro-investing apps are giving more people easy access to financial services. But what are the risks involved?

The Coalition wants you to believe the force is strong in the economy, but is it?

During the election campaign, a tweet by the Liberal Party suggested Australia's record-breaking economic expansion will continue — are they correct?

Is this really the end of the cash economy?

Australians increasingly forego carrying cash and the government wants to crack down on it. But not everyone is happy about the pending cancellation of paper money.

RBA governor Philip Lowe

Reserve Bank signals turning point on a road to nowhere

While RBA governor Philip Lowe told politicians of an economic 'turning point', the bank's Statement of Monetary Policy revealed a stagnating economy.

RBA governor Philip Lowe (Image: AAP/Dean Lewins)

Why are your wages going nowhere? The Reserve Bank has no idea.

If we don’t know the cause of low wages growth, how on earth are we going to fix it?