Matt Wade
Matt Wade is a senior economics writer at The Sydney Morning Herald.
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- Data centres
Your every swipe, tap and click goes through one of these buildings. They are also driving the NSW economy
Data centres are “depicted as energy vampires, water hogs and job killers”. Not in Australia, according to the peak body for the tech super hubs.
- Matt Wade and Alexandra Smith
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- Sydney’s India story
Singh beats Smith: How Indian-born entrepreneurs are driving a Sydney business boom
One in five of those who registered a business in NSW last year was born in India.
- Matt Wade
- Updated
- GST
Biggest winners and losers in $103 billion GST carve-up
Victoria’s GST allocation will be about $1.7 billion more than NSW’s, despite having a smaller population.
- Matt Wade and James Hall
‘Sweetheart deal’: Victoria demands GST overhaul as WA claims $6.6b windfall
In the latest carve-up of the GST, Victoria’s share will shrink slightly while Western Australia cashes in at the expense of the east coast.
- Daniella White and Matt Wade
Why Qld was ‘dudded’ by GST carve-up despite pocketing more cash: Janetzki
Queensland will receive the largest dollar increase in GST distribution of $1.7 billion but the state government is furious.
- James Hall and Matt Wade
- Analysis
- City life
They come from across the world – but where do migrants settle in Sydney?
Search our map to see where migrants come from in your suburb.
- Matt Wade, Mostafa Rachwani and Craig Butt
- Analysis
- Housing crisis
How Melbourne beats Sydney on housing crisis solutions
NSW has been urged to follow Victoria’s lead in planning reforms.
- Matt Wade
Parramatta is Australia’s undisputed gateway to India. And it’s proving very good for business
Economic links between western Sydney and the world’s most populous nation are on the rise.
- Matt Wade and Mostafa Rachwani
- Opinion
- Cost of living
Obsessed with the cost of living? Time to refocus
The way cost of living has come to dominate political and economic discourse has left little space for debate about crucial challenges such as productivity, inequality and climate change.
- Matt Wade
- Analysis
- Family finance
Boomers are reshaping the way wealth is distributed. These charts show how
“The great wealth transfer” is in full swing as Baby Boomers remodel their balance sheets.
- Matt Wade