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Cost of living? We should be more concerned about something else

Cost of living? We should be more concerned about something else

New fault lines have opened up in Australian politics since I’ve been away. And they are more of a worry than the cost of living.

yesterday 9

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Cost of living? We should be more concerned about something else

Cost of living? We should be more concerned about something else

New fault lines have opened up in Australian politics since I’ve been away. And they are more of a worry than the cost of living.

yesterday 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

Cost of living? We should be more concerned about something else

Cost of living? We should be more concerned about something else

New fault lines have opened up in Australian politics since I’ve been away. And they are more of a worry than the cost of living.

yesterday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

Cost of living? We should be more concerned about something else

Cost of living? We should be more concerned about something else

New fault lines have opened up in Australian politics since I’ve been away. And they are more of a worry than the cost of living.

yesterday 5

The Age

Ross Gittins

Ross Gittins spent 44 days in ICU and almost died. This is his story

Ross Gittins spent 44 days in ICU and almost died. This is his story

Our economics editor is on the mend. Here he recounts his medical misadventure that began on the other side of the world.

monday 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

Ross Gittins spent 44 days in ICU and almost died. This is his story

Ross Gittins spent 44 days in ICU and almost died. This is his story

Our economics editor is on the mend. Here he recounts his medical misadventure that began on the other side of the world.

monday 40

The Age

Ross Gittins

Ross Gittins spent 44 days in ICU and almost died. This is his story

Ross Gittins spent 44 days in ICU and almost died. This is his story

Our economics editor is on the mend. Here he recounts his medical misadventure that began on the other side of the world.

monday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

Ross Gittins spent 44 days in ICU and almost died. This is his story

Ross Gittins spent 44 days in ICU and almost died. This is his story

Our economics editor is on the mend. Here he recounts his medical misadventure that began on the other side of the world.

monday 9

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Best of 2025 - More Boomers are choosing not to retire. Why? They don’t want to

08.01.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

The RBA says changing rates won’t raise house prices. I wouldn’t be so sure

07.10.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

The RBA says changing rates won’t raise house prices. I wouldn’t be so sure

The biggest and most pressing economic problem Australia faces is nothing new: the ever-worsening ability to afford to own the home you live in.

05.10.2025 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

The RBA says changing rates won’t raise house prices. I wouldn’t be so sure

The biggest and most pressing economic problem Australia faces is nothing new: the ever-worsening ability to afford to own the home you live in.

05.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

The RBA says changing rates won’t raise house prices. I wouldn’t be so sure

The biggest and most pressing economic problem Australia faces is nothing new: the ever-worsening ability to afford to own the home you live in.

05.10.2025 20

The Age

Ross Gittins

The RBA says changing rates won’t raise house prices. I wouldn’t be so sure

The biggest and most pressing economic problem Australia faces is nothing new: the ever-worsening ability to afford to own the home you live in.

05.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Trump says climate change is a hoax. Are we in safer hands with the ‘commos’?

02.10.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

Trump says climate change is a hoax. Are we in safer hands with the ‘commos’?

China is the great contradiction. It’s the world’s biggest single emitter, accounting for about 30 per cent of global emissions, but it’s the...

30.09.2025 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

Trump says climate change is a hoax. Are we in safer hands with the ‘commos’?

China is the great contradiction. It’s the world’s biggest single emitter, accounting for about 30 per cent of global emissions, but it’s the...

30.09.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

Trump says climate change is a hoax. Are we in safer hands with the ‘commos’?

China is the great contradiction. It’s the world’s biggest single emitter, accounting for about 30 per cent of global emissions, but it’s the...

30.09.2025 10

The Age

Ross Gittins

Trump says climate change is a hoax. Are we in safer hands with the ‘commos’?

China is the great contradiction. It’s the world’s biggest single emitter, accounting for about 30 per cent of global emissions, but it’s the...

30.09.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Seeking the positive-sum economy where everyone wins a prize

29.09.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

Seeking the positive-sum economy where everyone wins a prize

Progressive economists have been banging on about “abundance”, but what’s it all about? Labor’s Andrew Leigh has explained it.

28.09.2025 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

Seeking the positive-sum economy where everyone wins a prize

Progressive economists have been banging on about “abundance”, but what’s it all about? Labor’s Andrew Leigh has explained it.

28.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

Seeking the positive-sum economy where everyone wins a prize

Progressive economists have been banging on about “abundance”, but what’s it all about? Labor’s Andrew Leigh has explained it.

28.09.2025 10

The Age

Ross Gittins

Seeking the positive-sum economy where everyone wins a prize

Progressive economists have been banging on about “abundance”, but what’s it all about? Labor’s Andrew Leigh has explained it.

28.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

More Boomers are choosing not to retire. Why? They don’t want to

25.09.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

More Boomers are choosing not to retire. Why? They don’t want to

One in four 70-year-old men are still working, up from one in ten 20 years ago. And about 10 per cent of men in their late 70s are still working.

24.09.2025 20

WA Today

Ross Gittins

More Boomers are choosing not to retire. Why? They don’t want to

One in four 70-year-old men are still working, up from one in ten 20 years ago. And about 10 per cent of men in their late 70s are still working.

24.09.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

More Boomers are choosing not to retire. Why? They don’t want to

One in four 70-year-old men are still working, up from one in ten 20 years ago. And about 10 per cent of men in their late 70s are still working.

24.09.2025 20

The Age

Ross Gittins

More Boomers are choosing not to retire. Why? They don’t want to

One in four 70-year-old men are still working, up from one in ten 20 years ago. And about 10 per cent of men in their late 70s are still working.

24.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Albanese takes his usual each-way bet on climate change

23.09.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

Albanese takes his usual each-way bet on climate change

If there was an Oscar for fooling the punters, the PM and his climate change minister would win it.

22.09.2025 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

Albanese takes his usual each-way bet on climate change

If there was an Oscar for fooling the punters, the PM and his climate change minister would win it.

22.09.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

Albanese takes his usual each-way bet on climate change

If there was an Oscar for fooling the punters, the PM and his climate change minister would win it.

22.09.2025 10

The Age

Ross Gittins

Albanese takes his usual each-way bet on climate change

If there was an Oscar for fooling the punters, the PM and his climate change minister would win it.

22.09.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

AI: Much ado about something that one day may be important

17.09.2025 20

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

AI: Much ado about something that one day may be important

World-changing technologies such as artificial intelligence are never as wonderful as the marketing department claimed, nor as terrible as their...

17.09.2025 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

AI: Much ado about something that one day may be important

World-changing technologies such as artificial intelligence are never as wonderful as the marketing department claimed, nor as terrible as their...

17.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

AI: Much ado about something that one day may be important

World-changing technologies such as artificial intelligence are never as wonderful as the marketing department claimed, nor as terrible as their...

17.09.2025 10

The Age

Ross Gittins

AI: Much ado about something that one day may be important

World-changing technologies such as artificial intelligence are never as wonderful as the marketing department claimed, nor as terrible as their...

17.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

We’re going up in the financial world, but no one’s noticed

16.09.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

We’re going up in the financial world, but no one’s noticed

Australia may be on its way to becoming a “switcher nation” – moving from a global debtor to a global creditor.

14.09.2025 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

We’re going up in the financial world, but no one’s noticed

Australia may be on its way to becoming a “switcher nation” – moving from a global debtor to a global creditor.

14.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

We’re going up in the financial world, but no one’s noticed

Australia may be on its way to becoming a “switcher nation” – moving from a global debtor to a global creditor.

14.09.2025 20

The Age

Ross Gittins

We’re going up in the financial world, but no one’s noticed

Australia may be on its way to becoming a “switcher nation” – moving from a global debtor to a global creditor.

14.09.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Our future prosperity is bright. We’ve hidden an ace up our sleeve

10.09.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

Our future prosperity is bright. We’ve hidden an ace up our sleeve

Doomster economists predicting that our standard of living won’t improve much for decades are overlooking Australia’s superpower.

09.09.2025 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

Our future prosperity is bright. We’ve hidden an ace up our sleeve

Doomster economists predicting that our standard of living won’t improve much for decades are overlooking Australia’s superpower.

09.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

Our future prosperity is bright. We’ve hidden an ace up our sleeve

Doomster economists predicting that our standard of living won’t improve much for decades are overlooking Australia’s superpower.

09.09.2025 10

The Age

Ross Gittins

Our future prosperity is bright. We’ve hidden an ace up our sleeve

Doomster economists predicting that our standard of living won’t improve much for decades are overlooking Australia’s superpower.

09.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Why we'd be mugs to cut the company tax rate

09.09.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins