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US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Trump’s stupid obsession will unleash pain on America

Donald Trump’s ridiculous trade wars are part of his plan to “Make America Great Again”. But the latest OECD forecast shows the US will be hit much harder than most of the rest of the world.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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The OECD says Australia’s housing crisis is holding the nation back economically.

Australia’s horror housing crisis singled out by global think tank

A chorus of experts argues the nation is being hamstrung by a dysfunctional housing sector. Now the world is taking notice of just how bad it is.

  • Shane Wright
President of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese exchange jerseys during lunch at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta.

Indonesia’s president is a fan of one old proverb - and that was on full display for PM’s visit

Behind the smiles, Anthony Albanese’s victory-lap visit to Indonesia comes as President Prabowo Subianto courts closer ties with Moscow.

  • Zach Hope
Now where are my car keys?

We’re becoming dumb and dumber – welcome to the idiocracy

The human capacity for mental focus is in decline. I’m feeling it, people.

  • Cherie Gilmour
Jim Chalmers will warn of the economic costs facing Australia because of Donald Trump’s trade war.

Chalmers’ grim warning about Trump’s escalating trade war

As the OECD warns Donald Trump’s tariffs will slow the global economy and push up inflation, Jim Chalmers says there will be a direct impact on Australia.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi

Falling fertility rates will hurt the economy. But a new baby boom is not the answer

Australia’s fertility rates have been falling fast and are now at rock bottom. The economic consequences will be far-reaching.

  • Matt Wade
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School hats and blazers

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.

The school funding debate is far from settled.

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.

  • Ken Boston
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‘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.

  • Carrie Fellner
About 40 per cent of Australian enrolments are in non-government schools.

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.

  • David Hastie

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