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David Richardson

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  • FACTCHECK

    Factcheck: No, wealth isn’t just ‘hard earned savings’ and here’s the data that proves it.

    Another day, day 15 after the budget, and the press is still full of stories trying to evoke sympathy for the downtrodden rich in Australia. 

    Society & InequalityEconomy
    Not true
    Factcheck: No, wealth isn’t just ‘hard earned savings’ and here’s the data that proves it.
  • WHAT'S NEW

    Profit push is back: the increase in inflation is due to profits

    New analysis of the national accounts reveals that all of the increase in inflation in the latter half of 2025 was due to increased profits, rather than inflationary pressures from a tight labour market or rising labour costs

    Economy
    Profit push is back: the increase in inflation is due to profits
  • EXPLAINER

    The RBA wanted to slow spending, but soaring petrol prices already have

    The Reserve Bank’s decision to raise interest rates this week was a double whammy for Australians struggling with petrol price increases in the past month that have already cost them more than the impact of the rate rise.

    EconomySociety & Inequality
    The RBA wanted to slow spending, but soaring petrol prices already have
  • WHAT'S NEW

    Don’t hand Australia’s critical minerals to Washington

    There have been recent reports that an American company, Energy Fuels, is bidding to takeover Australian Strategic Materials (ASM). The takeover bid is subject to a number of conditions, including government approvals following Foreign Investment Review Board considerations.

    International Affairs
    Don’t hand Australia’s critical minerals to Washington
  • OFF THE CHARTS

    Capital gains for the rich outpace the national wages bill by whopping $300 billion

    New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that, between June and September 2025, household wealth grew by 3.1% per cent ($500 billion) to $18.4 trillion.

    Economy
    Capital gains for the rich outpace the national wages bill by whopping $300 billion
  • WHAT'S NEW

    Insurance premiums driven higher by higher catastrophic risk

    A new study has shown the dramatic impact of climate risk on skyrocketing homeowners' insurance prices

    ClimateEconomy
    Insurance premiums driven higher by higher catastrophic risk
  • WHAT'S NEW

    Don’t hobble Victoria with complaints about taxes, debt and deficit

    Big business never tires of saying taxes are bad, yet those same companies thrive on the very services taxes pay for.

    Economy
    Don’t hobble Victoria with complaints about taxes, debt and deficit
  • WHAT'S NEW

    ANZ is last of the big bad banks to report their profit

    The big four have now all reported their obscene profits for 2025 as they continue to dominate the Australian market

    Economy
    ANZ is last of the big bad banks to report their profit
  • WHAT'S NEW

    Coles shareholders may yet save the Maugean skate?

    After the government failed to protect the endangered species, the private sector has taken up the mantle

    ClimateEnvironment & Biodiversity
    Coles shareholders may yet save the Maugean skate?
  • WHAT'S NEW

    Free electricity: AGL and the other retailers will fight to keep their outrageous markups on electricity

    Solar power is producing more electricity than needed in the middle of the day when the sun is strongest. In turn that has reduced prices to zero in the middle of the day.

    Economy
    Free electricity: AGL and the other retailers will fight to keep their outrageous markups on electricity

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