Inside Story

National affairs Trade meets geopolitics in Australia’s northern neighbourhood Melissa Conley Tyler & Emilie Hung-Ling He 28 November 2025 With Indonesia expected to be among the world’s five biggest economies by 2050, the government is finding new ways to lift trade and investment Other Voices China’s people are stuck on a treadmill Noah Smith 17 November 2025 They’re working hard for someone else’s benefit Books & arts Dizzy times John Edwards 17 November 2025 Does the 1929 Wall Street crash hold a message for our times? Other Voices Which party is in trouble, again? Paul Krugman 7 November 2025 If more evidence of Donald Trump’s electoral toxicity was needed, this week’s votes provided it

National affairs Simpler, fairer and more effective Saul Eslake 25 August 2025 Jim Chalmers’s roundtable cleared the way for much-needed tax reform National affairs High finance Michael Gill 22 August 2025 A burgeoning finance sector has increased the economy’s vulnerability in an era of heightened global risks National affairs Towards a sustainable budget Saul Eslake 15 August 2025 A federal government faced with greater spending demands needs to bite the tax bullet National affairs Productivity puzzles John Edwards 14 August 2025 Should company taxes changes really be a priority at the next week’s economic summit?

National affairs Are pro-natalists living on the same planet? John Quiggin 30 June 2025 Nostalgia-fuelled panic about declining populations doesn’t match plausible forecasts International Benefits and costs Michael Jacobs 29 June 2025 Keir Starmer is paying a heavy price for spending cuts that lacked a defensible rationale Books & arts Are we getting in our own way? John Edwards 24 June 2025 The American bestseller Abundance is making waves in Australia, but its key argument has less force on this side of the Pacific National affairs Taxing times Karen Middleton 20 June 2025 Jim Chalmers wants to “test the appetite” for more ambitious productivity reforms