Manifesto
"We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil;
Our home is girt by sea; ;
Our land abounds in nature’s gifts" ;
The Australian anthem still holds mostly true. We remain one of the richest countries in natural resources and talented people. The Indian and the Pacific Oceans continue to deliver one of the most magnificent lifestyles in the world, protection, trade, and fulfilling weekends. Yet, the divide grows between your toil and your wealth.
Each year it gets harder to stay afloat. Each year you are poorer. Each year your children are poorer. Each year the Australia you once knew feels more like a dream than a memory
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Work is the subject
We write about the deal between effort and reward: wages, hours, housing, tax, and the rules that connect them. Elections and parliaments matter here because that is where those rules get made.
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Show the working
Every claim that rests on a number links to where the number came from, so you can check it yourself. If we can't source it, we don't print it.
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Count hours, not just dollars
A pay rise that takes an extra shift to earn is not the same as one that doesn't. We look at what work costs people in time, not only what it pays.
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Give the other side its best argument
On contested questions we set out the strongest case each side would make before saying what we think. An argument that only works against a weak opponent isn't worth publishing.
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Correct in public
When we get something wrong, we fix it and add a dated note to the article saying what changed. Every paragraph is numbered so you can point to the exact line. Send corrections to [email protected].
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Write for people with day jobs
Plain language, short articles, and no jargon without a definition. If an explainer needs a degree to follow, it hasn't explained anything.
That's the whole programme. Read the articles.