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Big Time by Jordan Prosser review – a lush, drug-fuelled adventure in a future Australia | Australian books

Australian book reviews Blending dystopic soothsaying and raucous imagination, Prosser’s debut novel is a bit Philip K Dick, a bit Jennifer Egan and a bit entirely unique Thu 11 Jul 2024 16.00 BST A man named JW Dunne once had several troubling dreams that came inexplicably true: his watch stopping at an exact time; a …

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Productivity Commission report on income and intergenerational mobility shows middle Australia is indeed the lucky country

If the growing divide between the haves and have-nots is driving political fragmentation, division and extremism, then a new Productivity Commission report on economic mobility provides very useful insights into whether the Australian ideal of a “fair go” is fact or fiction. Canberra has been slow to embrace data-sharing. But with new guard rails in …

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Australia job ads fall 2.2% in June, ANZ-Indeed data shows

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian job advertisements fell for a fifth straight month in June, data showed on Monday, as labour demand continued to ease in the face of high interest rates and a slowing economy. Data from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group and employment website Indeed showed job ads fell 2.2% in June from …

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