‘Buy now, pay later’ doesn’t feel like debt. For young people, that can be a big problem
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1 in 3 uni students experience serious financial hardship. Could concession cards for all help?
GettyImages Carlos Barquero/Getty Images Last week, the peak body for Australian universities called on the federal government to introduce concession
Australia’s female economists have been making history for nearly 150 years. It’s time we knew their stories
Some of Australia’s most powerful policy institutions are now being led by female economists. Between 2023 and 2026 came a
Why big tech will hate the Australian tax office’s latest ruling
Jens Büttner/Picture Alliance via Getty Images Countries like Australia have long struggled to tax the global tech giants. Now, a
Too many students have ‘reading anxiety’. New research suggests it is triggered by problems in primary school
Kindel Media/ Pexels Western Australian author Hamish Kelly has struggled with reading for almost two decades. In his first of
Private money is coming to NZ netball. Other sports should be paying close attention
Phil Walter/Getty Images New Zealand’s netball establishment is about to try a very different game plan. Netball New Zealand has
What the backlash to the Industrial Revolution can teach us about handcrafts in the age of AI
pixdeluxe/Getty Artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t yet causing widespread job losses in Australia. But with some high-profile business leaders still predicting
Australia’s reading and maths results are at an ‘all-time low’ – but there’s more to the story
SolStock/Getty Images Results from the latest international test of 15-year-olds have prompted another round of headlines suggesting there are serious
Moving houses can be especially stressful for kids. Here’s how to support them during a relocation
zoranm/Getty Images As cost-of-living pressures increase and the rental crisis worsens, many families are moving houses more often. New research,
Receipts, memes and supermarket shelves: how Iranians are documenting the economic cost of war online
What does economic pressure on Iran look like? On social media, people are documenting it one receipt at a time.