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Indigenous business sector worth billions
Meet an award winning, Aboriginal-owned construction and maintenance services business that’s part of the booming $4.8 billion Indigenous business se…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Taliban economy
With tax income from lucrative trade routes and finance from countries such as China or Pakistan, how insulated are the Taliban from the western thre…
4 years, 1 month ago
Reflections on poverty in SA, and what's cuckoo smurfing?
Cuckoo smurfing — what it is, how to spot it, how to make sure it doesn't happen to you. An Australian philanthropic foundation marks 135 years of he…
4 years, 2 months ago
Estate duties: a good but unpopular tax
A blast from the past offers a possible answer to growing wealth inequality. Three economists put the case for the resurrection of inheritance taxes.…
4 years, 2 months ago
China's 2021 economy and Mariana Mazzucato's mission
The pandemic and subsequent economic crisis have shown how government is crucial for getting things done – like rolling out a vaccine or throwing the…
4 years, 2 months ago
Encrypt, extort: ransomware attacks rise
Ransomware attacks across Australia have become a major problem for business, causing massive disruptions and costing millions to remediate. Recent a…
4 years, 2 months ago
Relevant test questions close the gap
New research has proven that the performance of Indigenous students in literacy tests can be significantly lifted by changing the context of question…
4 years, 2 months ago
Billions added to government's bottom line and unemployment down
A quicker-than-expected economic recovery from the COVID-19 recession has added billions to the government’s bottom line, but that’s unlikely to be f…
4 years, 2 months ago
Localising exam questions lifts scores and potentially, economic prospects
Leading research on how adapting exam questions to make them culturally relevant to regional and Aboriginal students could close the Indigenous readi…
4 years, 2 months ago
Remembering Geoff Harcourt
Geoff Harcourt was one of Australia's best-known academic economists. He inspired and mentored many students and made significant contributions to pu…
4 years, 2 months ago