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Compared to the rest of the world, income inequality is not particularly high in Australia, nor is it getting much worse – until you include housing.

In the lead-up to the May 2022 election, the Coalition government’s advertising spend skyrocketed yet again.

A migration system that better selects skilled migrants could help solve some of Australia’s biggest challenges.

Medicare has failed and needs a complete overhaul as it no longer provides for Australians' health needs, says a damning new report. Forty years after the

A high demand for general practitioners is leading to longer wait times and putting pressure on doctors. A new report says it's time we overhauled the way GPs work and how they're paid.

General practices have ‘steady profit margins’ and many are turning away from bulk billing, leaving poorer Australians without access to care, thinktank says

From health to the environment and the cost of living, we’ve sorted through the major promises and policies announced by Labor, the Coalition and the Greens

An election campaign can sometimes feel like Groundhog Day, but this Victorian election is genuinely different. While the major parties are still making plenty of transport promises, they’ve dialled them way down from the dizzy heights of 2018.

Everyone seems to agree that the so-called TSMIT is too low. The big question is, how high should it be to attract skilled migrants?

Grattan Institute urges Albanese government to retain strict criteria and annual performance tests

“Restraint” – that’s what Treasurer Jim Chalmers claimed as the watchword of Tuesday’s federal budget. Perhaps the claim can be made in general, but when it comes to transport infrastructure, the budget is remarkable not for how different it is to budgets past, but how similar. It has left plenty…