Economy

'NSW not for sale!'
Deregulation undermines building safety
Greens discuss 'communal luxury'
Volunteer internships, wage theft and political hypocrisy
On franking credits and superannuation: Tax ruling class Gina not working-class Nanna

John Passant takes a look at franking credits and explains what all the fuss is about.
Billionaires’ blind optimism on world poverty?
The UN climate conference: where ambition goes to die
Key policy tests looming for NSW Labor MPs

The inability of the Liberal Party to find candidates for Hunter seats for the March New South Wales state election suggests that even its party faithful recognise that Gladys Berejiklian’s Coalition government is headed for electoral defeat and, probably, a total wipe-out in the Hunter.
Nationalise the big banks under community control
Banks too important to leave in hands of greedy capitalists
Are Baby Boomers really selfish sociopaths?

It is not unusual to hear someone blame the crisis in affordable housing and healthcare or the very expensive tertiary education system on Baby Boomers, the generation born between 1946-64. Gayle Burmeister and Mary Merkenich take aim at this mistaken argument.
As the rich get richer we need to organise