OECD
Public-private school divide against national spirit
If our politicians were required to send their offspring to state schools, there would be a dramatic change in funding.
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Opinion
School funding
You think there’s no divide in school funding? Take this history lesson
While public schools are starved of resources and private school remain overfunded, let’s cut to the chase.
- by Ken Boston
Investigation
Pollution
‘It’s everywhere’: The ‘disturbing’ rise of the world’s most-rampant forever chemical
A chemical that’s in everything from fridges to air-conditioning and is linked to birth defects is accumulating in our blood and drinking water.
- by Carrie Fellner
Opinion
School funding
Blaming private schools for the underfunding of state schools is nonsense
Australia has far more private schools than most other countries in the OECD, so it is not surprising we spend more money on them.
- by David Hastie
Opinion
Wage growth
OECD’s message to our inflation warriors: calm down, she’ll be right
International public servants in Paris have reminded us that Australia’s real wages are too low. So why is the RBA so worried about continued high inflation?
- by Ross Gittins
Australian real wage growth among worst in OECD
As the government campaigns on the cost of living, the OECD reports Australia’s wage growth lags the UK, Canada and the United States.
- by Rachel Clun
Babynomics: Is starting a family good for you, or just for the nation?
Having children can be a joy, but they don’t come cheap. They are also important to the economy.
- by Rachel Clun and Shane Wright
Opinion
Housing crisis
Treasury tells all: How the housing market is so stuffed up
Our housing industry has been too slow to respond to the increased demand for housing. What’s the Albanese government doing about this mess?
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
How To Poison a Planet
New consumer laws needed to protect us from forever chemicals
The federal government must address the hole in the consumer law and make it illegal to sell unsafe products.
- by The Herald's View
Australians flattened by biggest tax increase in world
Bracket creep and the end of the low- and middle-income offset delivered the biggest tax hike in the developed world as inflation surged, OECD data shows.
- by Shane Wright
Reserve Bank cautioned to go slowly on interest rate cuts
The Reserve Bank will outline its view on the economy, and interest rate settings, on Tuesday. Ahead of the meeting, the OECD has urged caution on rate cuts.
- by Shane Wright
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