Posts tagged "economy"

Food sharing is experiencing a renaissance in cities around the world.

Small Australian businesses that export are more productive than large firms, but they maintain disproportionately low levels of exports and wages.

the Asia Pacific region, by advancing women’s equality, could add a collective $4.5 trillion to annual GDPs in 2025, which would be a 12% increase over the business-as-usual trajectory.

Tax cuts for personal income earners on $87,000 or less are on the table ahead of the May budget.

Cutting personal income taxes seems likely to provide much more of a boost to the Australian economy than cutting company tax.

Despite large investments in the National Broadband Network, the “digital divide” in Australia remains largely unchanged, according to a new report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Australia is ranked in the top third of countries in almost all indices measuring the best countries to retire, according to an analysis of nine separate ageing and retirement indices. The problem is, experts contriving such indices can’t agree about which ingredients should be included and which are most important.

If you’ve suspected there’s a growing cohort of Australian women owning their own businesses, the latest 2016 Census data proves your instincts are right.

By Lisa Denny, University of Tasmania

While Tasmania is currently experiencing its highest rate of population growth since the global fin…

I see every year as a time for learning and personal development. That’s one of the best p…

By Richard Holden, UNSW

In this column, UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden looks at changes to how inflation is calc…

When it comes to business, a prerequisite for success is staying calm in front of others even when your surroundings might be more chaotic t…