I grew up in Logan City to the south of Brisbane. In my twenties I travelled back and forth to Canberra for work. There I learned a bit about being homesick. I got through it, but I knew people who really struggled to succeed in their endeavours because they just wanted so badly to be back home.
Read MoreToday's economists are asking us to embrace technology and prosper from it, despite the challenges to our labour market. So where are the Government's forward-thinking policies, asks Jim Chalmers.
Read MoreUnchecked, automation will destroy many skilled jobs and push people into insecure, unskilled work. The winners will be those who learn how to code
Read MoreWe can ensure automated technology doesn't destroy the labour market, but only if we educate more tech-savvy graduates and don't price them out of universities, writes Jim Chalmers.
Read MoreWhen electricity was first reticulated in the north-eastern United States in the 1880s, its primary application was street lighting. Doubters at the time argued against the investment of what would today be many billions of dollars in a lighting network.
Read MoreAmong Joe Hockey’s many mistakes, the most damaging may be his pursuit of American-style job outcomes and intergenerational stagnation here in Australia.
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