Analysis
Households are buying no more than they were a year ago, and the wage share of national income is the lowest since 1964, writes Peter Martin.
Opinion
As wealth continues to gather in the bank accounts of the secure few, a swathe of the Australian middle-class is languishing in part-time work with stagnant pay, argues Malcolm King.
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Australians appear to be taking a regional nuclear threat and jittery financial markets in their stride for now, although confidence remains hampered by weak wages growth.
Current government policy penalises the sector of the economy where there is the largest proportion of existing employment and the best prospects for future growth, argues John Wanna.
South Australia has been ranked the top state for business investment in the latest CommSec State of the States report.
Home building will further slow amid signs that “gravity may soon start to catch up with stupidity” in the Australian property market, according to Deloitte.
