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Private conservation investment ‘critical’ to saving Australia’s environment
But more action from governments is needed to enable such investment, which already accounts for 6 per cent of all protected land in Australia.
- 19 mins ago
- Hannah Wootton
Italy enters crunch week with Draghi’s government on the brink
Prime Minister Mario Draghi is under mounting pressure to reverse his pledge to resign as soon as this week to avoid throwing Italy into chaos.
- Chiara Albanese and Tommaso Ebhardt
TikTok and social media data collection a concern, says cyber minister
Home Affairs and Cyber Security Minister Clare O’Neil has warned Australians about giving up personal information to social media companies.
- Max Mason
- Explainer
- Wage growth
Explainer: Are workers getting their fair share of profits?
Comparing total profits and wages over the past two decades reveals a stark divergence between the two, particularly since 2016. But the gap between profits and wages is not quite the full story.
- Updated
- Ronald Mizen
Zelensky fires security chiefs over ‘treasonous’ activities
The head of Ukraine’s security services and its prosecutor general were sacked after scores of government staff were accused of working with Russian forces.
- Isabelle Khurshudyan and Praveena Somasundaram
50 is the new 25. How central banks globally are raising rates
Analysts point to signs of a ‘reverse currency war’ as policymakers try to stem imported inflation.
- Valentina Romei and Tommy Stubbington
Opinion & Analysis
Migration the right fix for worker shortages
Increasing immigration is not a substitute for training more Australians. But it’s what is needed now to alleviate the crippling migrant-deprived tightness of the labour market.
Editorial
Liberal warriors don’t want a China reset
There are some on the right who thrive on the tension. And they insist that the breakdown is all Beijing’s fault.
Columnist
How should we judge Albanese Labor on the economy?
By the next election, Australians should know whether Labor is a safe pair of hands. But what would it take to deliver a truly superior economic performance?
Economics professor
Let’s speak facts about China
Striking deals nothing but an idle fantasy; View from the summit: 2020 vision paid off; Mistakes all round in pandemic response; The snag with putting up the price of sausages.
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Migration the right fix for worker shortages
Increasing immigration is not a substitute for training more Australians. But it’s what is needed now to alleviate the crippling migrant-deprived tightness of the labour market.
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Liberal warriors don’t want a China reset
There are some on the right who thrive on the tension. And they insist that the breakdown is all Beijing’s fault.
- Craig Emerson
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- Australian economy
How should we judge Albanese Labor on the economy?
By the next election, Australians should know whether Labor is a safe pair of hands. But what would it take to deliver a truly superior economic performance?
- Richard Holden
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- Cyber security
TikTok’s ‘alarming’, ‘excessive’ data collection revealed
The viral video-app checks device location at least once an hour, continuously requests access to contacts, maps a device’s running apps and all installed apps, and more.
- Max Mason
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Let’s speak facts about China
Striking deals nothing but an idle fantasy; View from the summit: 2020 vision paid off; Mistakes all round in pandemic response; The snag with putting up the price of sausages.
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Calls for budget savings to offset COVID-19 payments
Anthony Albanese’s decision to restore the $750 pandemic leave payment before a spike in COVID-19 omicron cases should be offset by budget savings, says economist Chris Richardson.
- Ronald Mizen
- Opinion
- G20 summit
Never a more important time for the G20
The grouping formed after the Asian financial crisis is now helping the region and global economy navigate the narrow and rocky path out of the pandemic.
- Sri Mulyani and Jim Chalmers
Jobs summit must find a way to maximise skilled migrant talent
The gathering must chart a path to getting skilled migrants out of delivery driver jobs and into professional roles, Engineers Australia chief engineer Jane MacMaster said.
- Joanna Mather
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
These three immigration solutions could ease worker shortages
Now is the time for the government to act by extending foreign workers’ visas, encouraging international students to return and motiving skilled migrants to call Australia home.
- Paul Guerra and Daniel Hunter
- Exclusive
- Inflation
How a Nobel laureate ruffled a few feathers in Australia
Joseph Stiglitz has never been afraid of expressing heterodox views about economics that leave mainstream thinkers perplexed – his trip here is no different.
- Ronald Mizen
‘Shock after shock after shock’: IMF will cut growth outlook
The International Monetary Fund’s director for strategy and policy says surging prices, the pandemic and China’s slowdown are making things difficult for policymakers.
- Yudith Ho and Michelle Jamrisko
- Analysis
- Teaching
Could students attend uni as avatars on a virtual campus?
Learning in 2030 might be like listening to music via Spotify - a do-it-yourself, self-directed exercise a very low fee.
- Richard Cawood
Why this expert says everyone is wrong about a US recession
Mark Zandi says people have never been so pessimistic about the US economy in his 30 years of forecasting. He explains why they are wrong.
- Michael P. Regan and Vildana Hajric
This Month
Chalmers takes Pacific focus in G20 speech
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has made special mention of Australia’s Pacific neighbours in an address to global finance ministers highlighting the threat of climate change.
- Nick Gibbs
G20 finance meeting expected to conclude without communique: sources
Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 major economies are expected to conclude without a formal communique, as Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to divide the group, sources said.
- Andrea Shalal and Fransiska Nangoy
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Productivity will keep our 2020s jobs miracle alive
The last time the jobs picture looked this good, a long inflation outbreak was coming with it. We can do much better than that.
- The AFR View
Brace for two more back-to-back 0.5pc rate rises: CBA
The country’s largest lender is tipping the Reserve Bank will push the official interest rate to 2.6 per cent by year’s end.
- Ronald Mizen
Why the jobs boom is cold comfort for mortgage holders
Australia’s labour market is running white-hot. But with employment success comes pressure to raise interest rates, and the country is also facing a skills crisis.
- Ronald Mizen
Chalmers lashes Russia’s ‘illegal and immoral aggression’ at G20
Addressing a G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Bali, Dr Chalmers said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a major obstacle to the group’s goals.
- Ronald Mizen
- Analysis
- ICAC
NSW’s ICAC may already be tapping ministerial phones
A retired judge wants the feared anti-corruption agency to investigate a former deputy premier’s job offer, but ministers think it may have already begun.
- Aaron Patrick
