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GNDI: a new approach to measuring economic performance in the Pacific

Economists agree this is the better measure but in most countries the difference between GDP and GNDI is minuscule.
OPINION

NATO’s 5% of GDP defence target ramps up pressure on Australia to spend vastly more

It has so far batted away suggestions Australia should increase its defence spending from current levels of around 2% of GDP.
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If Greenland were for sale, what would it be worth? How to put a ‘price tag’ on a territory

Greenland’s strategic position has been of great value to the US since the early days of the Cold War.
OPINION

Australian economy struggles, weakest outside of a recession

Australians who oppose immigration might want to reflect on whether they would prefer a recession.
INNOVATION

Australia’s lack of investment in R&D costing 42,000 jobs, says Prof. Sharath Sriram

Australia’s spending on R&D as a percentage of GDP has been on the decline for more than a decade to below 2%.
OPINION

The 7 charts show Australians struggling as savings fall to near zero

For individual Australians, it was even worse – growth per head went backward, in what some economists call a “per capita recession”.
OPINION

Are we in per capita recession despite GDP ‘steady in the face of pressure’

In the three months to June Australia’s household saving ratio plummeted to 3.2%, its lowest rate in 15 years.
INNOVATION

India’s rich women’s cumulative wealth contributes to 2% of GDP

Roshni Nadar Malhotra is India's wealthiest woman closely followed by Falguni Nayar, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Nilima Motaparthi, and Radha Vembu.

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53-foot tractor-trailer driver Baljeet Singh pleads guilty in deadly pileup, was playing phone game and fled to India

The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.
SPORTS

Indian Premier League could be played in Australia, Adelaide Oval explores plan

The proposal is part of a broader idea to strengthen cricket ties between Australia and India.
NEWS

Perth toddler Sandipan Dhar’s death ‘probably preventable’ after missed blood test, coroner says

21-month-old Sandipan died in March 2024 after being taken to hospital with a persistent fever that had lasted for weeks.
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