We can expect low rates for a long time.Image sourced from Shutterstock.comWhen a central bank lifts interest rate targets by 0.5% it expects households and firms to respond. In a crisis, the official target may fall by 3% in order to shock the economy into a positive response. These movements of interest rates by the central bank are an important...
Housing affordability, especially in Sydney, is now a source of political protests and the NSW government has announced a funding scheme with the potential to ease the pressure.AAP/Teresa ParkerPotentially trailblazing plans for state-assisted financing of affordable housing are emerging in New South Wales. In what looks to be a landmark policy...
Robots and AI can be safe, if we make them that way.ShutterstockRoboticist Sabine Hauert, from the Britain’s University of Bristol, wrote in Nature earlier this year:
My colleagues and I spend dinner parties explaining that we are not evil […]
People are worried, she said.
They hear a mostly one-sided discussion that leaves them worried...
Almost four years since the process of restructuring local government began, the Baird government faces many challenges in finalising its plans. AAP/Lukas CochThe Baird government is pressing on with its agenda for restructuring local government across New South Wales and for the Sydney Metropolitan Region in particular.
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For a long time, you might have defaulted to overseas suppliers when sourcing fabricated metal components for a project. The unit price was lower on paper, and the maths seemed straightforward. That...
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