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Economy Housing

Housing issue to dominate talks at Economic Roundtable

Housing will dominate discussion at the Economic Reform Roundtable this morning, with ministers, business leaders and conservationists all under pressure to solve the wicked problem of building more homes without trashing the environment. Source: ABC News.

Economy

Productivity chief warns young people facing bleak future

Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood says young people are facing a future of lower wages, increased costs and the impacts of climate breakdown without major government action to tackle major economic challenges. Source: The Guardian.

Charity Economy

Caritas campaign calling for forgiveness of unjust debt

Vatican officials, charity workers, and internationally recognised economists came together yesterday to discuss debt reform in an online town hall organised by Caritas Internationalis. Source: Vatican News.

Economy

Inequality climbs to highest point in more than two decades

Inequality across the nation has climbed to its highest point in more than two decades as the incomes of high-paid Australians grow faster than those on lower wages and homeownership levels among young people collapse. Source: SMH.

Economy

Economic mobility makes Australia land of the fair go, for most: report

Australia is the land of the fair go, according to the Productivity Commission, with most people able to get ahead based on their talents and available opportunities and able to earn more than their parents. Source: SMH.

Cost Of Living Economy

Government defends cost of living measures

The Albanese Government is defending its cost of living handouts, including tax cuts for all taxpayers which come into effect today, against fears they will fuel inflation and lead to higher interest rates. Source: news.com.au.

Economy

Wage rise key to keeping Australians out of poverty: bishops

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has argued for a 4.9 per cent rise in the national minimum wage. Source: ACBC Media Blog.

Economy Employment

Economists say more jobs must go to crack cost-of-living crisis

Economists are concerned about mass job losses after the latest official data showed the economy slowing to a crawl as interest rate hikes temper demand. Source: ABC News. 

Economy Pope Francis

Globalisation has a moral dimension, Pope tells business leaders

Nations and businesses must work together to promote ethically sound models of globalisation, Pope Francis told world business and government leaders. Source: OSV News.