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How the major parties stack up on industrial relations policy

  • Written by: Sarah Kaine, Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
How the major parties stack up on industrial relations policyOn industrial relations policy, the Coalition and Labor offer starkly different choices this election.AAP/Nic Ellis

Today we kick off a four-part election series on wages, industrial relations, Labor and the union movement ahead of the 2019 federal election. You can read an analysis of Labor’s living wage policy here.

Industrial relations is...

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What are the major parties promising on health this election?

  • Written by: Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
What are the major parties promising on health this election?Labor has promised A$8 billion in new health expenditure, while the Coalition has focused on the difference new pharmaceuticals can make to individual Australians. Shutterstock

The major parties’ manifestos for the 2019 federal election present voters with starkly contrasting health policies. These policies are shaped and constrained by the...

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On rate-cut Tuesday, here are four reasons why the Reserve Bank shouldn't jump

  • Written by: Mark Crosby, Professor, Monash University
On rate-cut Tuesday, here are four reasons why the Reserve Bank shouldn't jumpOn the first Tuesday of every month but one the Reserve Bank has to make a decision. This time the inflation rate is zero.Shutterstock/RBA

Every first Tuesday of every month but January the Reserve Bank Board meets to decide whether to adjust interest rates. It announces its decision at 2.30 pm eastern time.

It ought to be an easy decision....

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