Australian tax data is absolute proof of the gender pay gap across the entire economy

The situation is worst in high paying occupations. Only members of parliament see women with a higher median salary

Australia’s economy is set to grow slower than it ever has outside of recession. This is bad news for our standard of living

The economic growth forecasts are truly dire and point to rising unemployment and falling wages growth

The RBA is increasing interest rates to counter inflation – but it will also slow wages growth

Combined with major price increases on essential items, the RBA’s policies will deliver a brutal whack to lower-income households

Wages growth should be skyrocketing on the back of Australia’s low unemployment. Is the system broken?

A recession is not inevitable in Australia – and certainly not necessary

The level of inflation we have and its causes do not require a recession to reduce them. Such talk is foolish

Workers and their wages are the collateral damage of the war on inflation

What a wonderful world we live in were a wage rise below inflation will apparently cause greater inflation!

The recovery we had to have has put profits first and wages later – leaving workers out of pocket

Should the RBA stifle the recovery with fast rate rises, workers’ real incomes will continue to fall

Australian businesses benefited from rising prices. Workers? Not so much

Strong GDP figures and growth is disguising what’s really happening: a shift to an economy where workers get less and less of their fair share

Anthony Albanese has some tough economic problems on his plate. Here are seven of them

From sluggish wages to red-hot inflation, there are some unusual things happening in Australia’s economy

Australian wages in real terms are essentially no different from where they were in 2013

Low wages growth, inflation, price rises and jobseeker are combining to put talk of a strong recovery from the pandemic into context

Five housing policies that wouldn’t drive up prices in Australia

If reforms to negative gearing and capital gains tax are a bridge too far, how about tackling supply?

It shouldn’t be such a shock that Anthony Albanese believes the minimum wage should rise with inflation

If you think the real wages of the lowest paid in Australia should go backwards, you’re advocating for declining living standards

More interest rate hikes are coming, and housing affordability is about to get crunched

Rock-bottom rates provided a buffer to soaring house prices, but that is over. Repaying a mortgage will be harder than ever

The Australian inflation rate gives the lie to Morrison’s claims of strong economic management

Workers’ ability to buy things with their wages is little different from when Tony Abbott took office in September 2013

In Australia’s election campaign the silence on climate is deafening

Our major political parties – and the media – seem to have forgotten we’re heading for a cliff when it comes to temperature rises

It’s more important to know the impact of your policies than to know economic figures off-hand

If there’s ever a moment where the PM needs to know the exact unemployment rate without looking at the internet, we’re all truly stuffed

The RBA’s decade without a rate rise is coming to an end – but the market’s expectations are absurd

The amazing thing about the 2022 budget? How clearly it reveals the government’s death throes

Vote buying is not new but the slapdash nature of this is such that you almost wonder if they bothered with the back of an envelope

Australian home prices rose a record 24% last year. That’s insane

In most capital cites housing affordability is about 25% worse than it was just 18 months ago

Rise in hours worked signals post-lockdown recovery, but more people have multiple jobs than ever

A record 6.4% of workers are in more than one job, a sign that wages are not keeping pace with the cost of living

Don’t get too excited by Australia’s rebounding economy – it’s a distorted snapshot of the true picture

The GDP’s 3.4% growth in the December quarter only occurred because in the September quarter the economy shrank by the third-biggest amount ever

Real wages in Australia have tanked – and it can’t be hidden by the Coalition’s feeble scare campaigns

If there is one constant in our economic debate, it is that employer groups and the Coalition will continually warn we are about to experience a wages...

Australia’s 4% unemployment in isolation hides what’s really going on in the labour market

A reduced labour force might provide a good-looking jobless rate but not necessarily a better economy or community

With inflation on the rise, Australia’s cost of living will dominate the election debate

The price of bread or milk is just part of the rising essentials costs that hit poorer households harder

The market thinks rates are about to go up because of inflation. The market could be wrong

Why not take Australia’s Reserve Bank at its word? It will hold fire on interest rate rises until there’s higher wages growth

If you’re a younger worker in Australia, don’t be fooled on tax cuts

The Coalition’s stage one cuts may have helped you but stage three will be massively directed towards high income earners

As Australia’s economy recovers what must not return is the wage theft and abuse of short-term visa holders

The concern is not about getting more backpackers working here, but that those workers are more likely to be exploited

Mortgage values fall from nutty 2020 high but new homebuyers are still feeling the pain

Surge in mortgages during pandemic suggests house prices will continue to grow for first half of 2022 – at least

Want to tax the rich less? Easy, just pretend everyone earns more than they really do

High income earners skew the statistics in ways that are all too convenient for those trying to woo the wealthy without alienating the rest of us

Australian house prices will keep rising and it’s truly depressing for those hoping to get into the market

Property prices look set to continue to grow for many more months to come – and certainly at a rate faster than wages

These are strange economic times. Some measures look horrific, but others are booming

Lockdowns caused Australia’s GDP to fall sharply in the September quarter, but many perspectives are needed for a true picture of the economy

Inflation in Australia might be on the rise, but it’s hardly running wild

Mostly what we’ve seen is a breakout of people saying high inflation is on the way, rather than a breakout of high inflation

Australia’s carbon emissions have barely fallen and a massive task lies ahead

The Covid pandemic was a terrible cost to the economy but also revealed the cuts we need

Australia’s economy looks better than a year ago. But sadly we aren’t out of the Covid woods yet

Australia’s GDP recovery has slowed and looks set for a 4% fall in the September quarter