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Newspapers are dying. News diversity died years ago.

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The continuing irrelevance of minimum wages to future inflation

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Full preferential voting means you can’t waste your vote

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Australia does not need an increase in spending on the military

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The Continuing Irrelevance of Minimum Wages to Future Inflation

Minimum and award wages should grow by 5 to 9 per cent this year

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Declining competition and increasing concentration in Australia’s newspaper market

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Medicine price comparison between Australia and the United States

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Giving away gas to 2030

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