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John QuigginThe Conversation |
As a principal adviser to the then treasurer Wayne Swan, Jim Chalmers had a ringside seat to observe the impact of the global financial crisis on...
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s plan for nuclear power in Australia has provoked a great deal of discussion and analysis – most of it critical....
The announcement by the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, that Australia’s Future Fund would be directed to invest in areas of national priority, rather...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese didn’t see this coming. At the global COP29 climate talks in Baku, the Australian government was indirectly...
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek's recent decision to approve expansion plans for three NSW coal mines disappointed many people...
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s recent decision to approve expansion plans for three New South Wales coal mines disappointed many...
Announcements from major employers, including Amazon and Tabcorp, that workers will be required to return to the office five days a week have a...
Its easy enough to understand the treasurer’s criticism of the RBA in political terms. But the inflation target that is good for the central bank...
There’s a paradox about the way we respond to threats to the cost of living. On one hand, governments put in place subsidies for things such as...
The latest massive $1.1bn profit reported by Coles will doubtless produce a new round of hand-wringing about the “cost of living”. Governments will...
Almost 35 years have passed since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its first assessment report. It found human activities...
Politicians fly a lot. So do many of the people they interact with on a daily basis: senior public servants, business leaders, lobbyists and so on....
Among many other challenges in dealing with the failure of urban policy in Australia, the Minns government is faced with the task of renegotiating,...