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The Prime Minister is right: there is a moral aspect to economics, just not in the way he thinks

The Prime Minister is right: there is a moral aspect to economics, just not in the way he thinks

Published: 19/09/2016
Category: Working Life

By Ged Kearney, ACTU President Malcolm Turnbull’s recent description of budget management as a ‘moral challenge’ suggests that he is aware of the complex, real world stakes at play.

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Government must act on gender pay gap

Government must act on gender pay gap

Published: 08/09/2016
Category: Women

By Ged Kearney, President of the ACTU Today is Equal Pay Day.

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#CensusFail - the CPSU perspective

#CensusFail - the CPSU perspective

Published: 25/08/2016
Category: Working Life

The 2016 Census was a slow motion train crash.

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Trickle down inequality exposed

Trickle down inequality exposed

Published: 23/08/2016
Category: Wages

One of the defining concepts that underpins much of Malcolm Turnbull's economic ideas - and pretty much every conservative government going back to Reagan and Thatcher in the 1980s - is the belief in "trickle down".

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Fifty years since the Wave Hill Walk Off

Fifty years since the Wave Hill Walk Off

Published: 22/08/2016
Category: Campaign Social Justice

The Wave Hill Walk Off was one of the key events of modern Australian history.

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