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Garry Barrett and Stephen Whelan

Man trousers $36 million a year for selling pizzas!

The inequality crisis, industry bargaining and the future of the union movement

Two weeks after the federal government's budget is a good time to take stock of how it has been received.

Many Australians no doubt winced last week when the Turnbull government claimed to represent ‘aspirational’ voters.

Ask yourself: Why is it that one in four people here – in this room – are being paid the barest legal minimum?

In his first speech to Parliament, Tom Uren spoke about his experiences as a former prisoner of the Japanese during World War II.

An alternative economic narrative

We need to educate ourselves about the positive impacts selfies can have on young people’s health. Once we understand that, we can be more s

Mary Alice Sheffer was born in 1898 in the small town of Ottumwa, in the state of Iowa.

Australia's rich to get richer, by Robert Tanton and Jinjing Li, plus links to all the best commentary.

The Opposition Leader's speech in reply to the 2018 Budget

Donald Trump’s bellicose policies, including new tariffs on steel and aluminium, have raised fears of a worldwide slide into protectionism a

Elizabeth Evatt recently called for a Human Rights Act to protect all our rights and freedoms and not just freedom of religion.

Following is a selection of news, research and other developments in relation to economic inequality that has not been separately reported.

The Twentieth Man is the first novel by Tony Jones of ABC fame. It’s a pretty good yarn.

Jim Snow was the chair of the Labor Party's federal caucus in the Keating government from 1993 to 1996.

Rising inequality & the changing structure of political conflict (Evidence from France, Britain and the US, 1948-2017)

National apologies are the ritual whereby we turn back to see ourselves through the eyes of the injured other.

Today, I want to suggest we reframe the debate about economics—and do so by getting you to think about an elephant.