This brilliant, prescient play helps explain the rise of Trump
Our reviewers take in the latest shows around Sydney.
- by John Shand, Millie Muroi and Peter McCallum
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‘It’s not money’: Bitcoin has ‘no role’ in the Australian economy, says Bullock
RBA governor Michele Bullock has dismissed claims that cryptocurrency is an “alternative currency”, even as the price of bitcoin soars to a high.
- by Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
Opinion
Employment
How can jobs and joblessness both be going up?
Unemployment in Australia has stayed unusually low, but what do the other signs of our jobs market tell us?
- by Millie Muroi
Real wages are growing at highest rate since 2020. But it’s unlikely to last
After years of wage rises lagging behind inflation, they rose more than inflation in the year to September – but wage increases have already started to slow.
- by Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
A sky full of profits: Qantas blames Coldplay for airfare surge
The competition watchdog has revealed prices on some flight routes more than doubled in the months after Rex Airlines’ collapse and the demise of budget carrier Bonza.
- by Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
Opinion
GDP
How we measure recession is wrong. Here’s a better way to do it
GDP is a flawed measure of the health of an economy at the best of times, and it’s time we paid attention to a different statistic.
- by Millie Muroi
Trump’s victory could wipe $36b from Australian economy
Experts say the full suite of Donald Trump’s economic policies would fuel global inflation and interest rates and slow growth, delivering a huge policy headache to the Australian government and the Reserve Bank.
- by Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
Updated
Interest rates
RBA leaves borrowers waiting for interest rate relief
The central bank has held the official cash rate at 4.35 per cent as Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock declares inflation is not falling fast enough.
- by Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
‘Painful, tedious’: This is what it is like to have your tax return audited
The first audit shocked Moxin Reza, but the second time, he was ready.
- by Millie Muroi
Jason Clare asked Qantas for flight upgrade following surgery
The education minister has admitted he made a call to Qantas to ask for a flight upgrade after undergoing surgery on his leg.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Competition
Finding it hard to stomach higher prices? Something seedy is going on
It’s not just supermarkets that are likely to be pushing prices higher. Some of us are getting squeezed from more angles than one.
- by Millie Muroi
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