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Dec 15, 20202 min

The Write Stuff: Voices of Unity on Labor's Future -- Edited by Nick Dyrenfurth and Misha Zelinsky

The Australian Labor Party has forgotten how to win national elections. Federal Labor finds itself with only one in three Australians prepar

Oct 23, 20201 min

The Mythology of Merit

Merit is a dangerous myth pulling apart our economy and society. We need to rebuild the middle class and stop the powerful from rigging th

May 4, 20201 min

Coronavirus: Beware the hidden threat of trickle-down austerity

Pay cuts to the inflated CEO salaries is long overdue, but don’t be fooled into broader and sustained wage cuts to average workers. It could

Oct 1, 201914 min

It’s the national security,stupid!

In an earlier time, to get elected as a federal government you had to keep the people safe, secure and prosperous. Spook the horses on the e

Jul 1, 20194 min

Misha Zelinsky – Labor’s lost that loving feeling

In handing Labor one of its most heartbreaking electoral defeats, it is now clear that Australians have fallen out of love with modern Labor

Mar 4, 20183 min

A tipping culture is bad for workers and bad for the economy

Why Aussies don’t tip — and neither should you. If there’s a pitfall of our bold new cashless era it’s that you can’t pay for a coffee.

Apr 26, 20171 min

Housing addicts? How the ‘Australian dream’ became a national nightmare

this lively and thoughtful inaugural John Curtin Research Centre essay, Zelinsky argues that the present housing market reflects a dangerou