Housing Crisis or Housing Justice? Melbourne housing prices are down 7% in the past 4 months and are projected to drop a total of 12% peak to trough1. As I rode the train home and flicked through the Australian Financial Review, I stumbled upon this headline; What Australia Can Learn from New Zealand's Property Crisis Fix2 If you’re anything like me, you see headlines about housing slumps and think; wait isn't this what we were all asking for? Can something that is bad for th

Every day, millions of Australians work without receiving a wage. They cook, clean, look after children, care for ageing parents and support family members who need assistance. It is work that keeps households running and allows the rest of the economy to function. So why does so much of it disappear from our economic statistics? The answer comes down to one deceptively simple distinction: whether the work is paid. A parent working at a childcare centre is employed. Their wag

If you’re anything like the average uni student, there’s a good chance your understanding of the Federal Budget comes entirely from Instagram infographics and hearing the phrase “cost-of-living relief” repeated every five minutes last week. Still, the 2026-27 Federal Budget includes some pretty major changes, particularly around tax, housing and investment. This year’s Budget comes at a complicated time for the Australian economy. The government is forecasting deficits totall