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Elected members imagine themselves trapped between an economy needing immigrants and a public wanting fewer. It’s time they questioned their assumptions.
150 million people live on Java, the most heavily populated island in the world. A the consequences of a volcanic disaster for them wouldn't be confined to Indonesia.
The twenty-first century will not belong to the economies that simply produce more energy. It will belong to those that require less imported energy to generate greater prosperity. That is the true meaning of decoupling.
A look at global office vacancy rates suggests the impacts of WFH have been unevenly felt, while the impacts of Ai on central office demand are possibly yet to be felt.
Since 2006, Big Australia has sailed on through seven prime ministers. But Albo’s taken the numbers to totally another level – likewise the denigration of his own people.
