The country is asking if the rising cost of living, falling productivity and competitiveness have been worsened by the people in charge. The simple answer is yes.
Most of the problem with our current economic debate and relative economic decline is that we have lost the ability to speak plainly, clearly and with compassion about the actual causes.
Too many are afraid to call out the prevailing mediocrity. This was not the approach of Aristotle or Confucius. The former said a city exists so that people can live well, not merely so that they can live.
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Patrick Finn, a 95-year-old Korean War veteran, watches from a wheelchair as a staff member uses a pencil to rub the name “Edmund Hubert Reilly” from the Wall of the Fallen onto a piece of paper.
National servicemen who never set foot in Vietnam and have been fighting for recognition for their service have returned to their training barracks after more than half a century.
Ringed by mining wealth, Roebourne relies on a community-run store to keep fresh food on its shelves. But it isn't always enough.
Three in four voters believe the nation is becoming more divided, with voters citing broken promises and dishonesty rather than the cost of living for a steep drop in political trust.
AI supporters believe it will improve our lives, end disease and give us more free time. But it could come at a financial cost.
