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Australia now has a $70 ‘shadow price’ on carbon emissions. Here’s why we won’t see a real price any time soon

For those who have followed the tortuous path of Australian climate policy over recent decades, a recent report by the Australian Energy Market...

15.04.2024 10

The Conversation

John Quiggin

Big business in Australia faces less competition than almost anywhere else – and likes it that way

Supermarkets are the public face of inflation. Every time we go shopping, we are reminded that just about everything costs more than it did before...

08.04.2024 30

The Guardian

John Quiggin

The four-day work week is inevitable

As another working week begins, many of us will be looking back wistfully at the back-to-back four day weeks we just enjoyed on either side of the...

07.04.2024 30

The Examiner

John Quiggin

The four-day work week is inevitable

As another working week begins, many of us will be looking back wistfully at the back-to-back four day weeks we just enjoyed on either side of the...

07.04.2024 6

Canberra Times

John Quiggin

Australia must wean itself from monster utes – and the federal government’s weakening of vehicle emissions rules won’t help one bit

The federal government has bowed to pressure from the car industry, announcing it will relax proposed emissions rules for utes and vans and delay...

28.03.2024 30

The Conversation

John Quiggin

From micro to macro, Andrew Leigh’s accessible history covers the economic essentials

Andrew Leigh’s The Shortest History of Economics is the latest in a series of such histories, mostly focused on particular countries. It begins...

07.03.2024 8

The Conversation

John Quiggin

From micro to macro, Andrew Leigh’s accessible history covers the economic essentials – and an epic rap battle

Andrew Leigh’s The Shortest History of Economics is the latest in a series of such histories, mostly focused on particular countries. It begins...

06.03.2024 10

The Conversation

John Quiggin

Dutton wants a ‘mature debate’ about nuclear power. By the time we’ve had one, new plants will be too late to replace coal

If you believe Newspoll and the Australian Financial Review, Australia wants to go nuclear – as long it’s small. Newspoll this week suggests a...

28.02.2024 7

The Conversation

John Quiggin

Light-touch competition policy hasn’t helped Australian mortgage holders. It’s time to get tough

Just two weeks after Prof Allan Fels reported on the extent of monopoly power and resultant price gouging, Australia’s supreme body on competition...

22.02.2024 10

The Guardian

John Quiggin

For corporations, greed is good – so how can Australia really tackle price gouging?

The long-running debate over “price gouging” should have been settled yesterday by the release of a report by Allan Fels, the former chair of the...

08.02.2024 10

The Guardian

John Quiggin

Labor’s fuel-efficiency standards may settle the ute dispute – but there are still hazards on the road

Australia looks set to adopt fuel-efficiency standards after the Albanese government on Sunday revealed options for the long-awaited policy. The...

07.02.2024 7

Pearls and Irritations

John Quiggin

Labor’s fuel-efficiency standards may settle the ute dispute – but there are still hazards on the road

Australia looks set to adopt fuel-efficiency standards after the Albanese government on Sunday revealed options for the long-awaited policy. The...

06.02.2024 10

The Conversation

John Quiggin

As the billionaires gather at Davos, it’s worth examining what’s become of their dreams

Gathering for their annual World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland this week, the world’s business and political elite will be digesting some...

15.01.2024 30

The Conversation

John Quiggin

Australia’s cost-of-living crisis isn’t about the price of groceries. It’s about wealth distribution

The policy debate about the cost of living is among the most confused and confusing in recent memory. All sorts of measures to reduce the cost of...

08.01.2024 100

The Guardian

John Quiggin

From COVID to climate: Queensland’s new emissions pledge shows state governments are once again leading change

A striking development in recent years has been the increasing role of state governments in responding to global crises. The announcement by newly...

19.12.2023 5

The Conversation

John Quiggin

COP28 deal confirms what Australia already knows: coal is out of vogue and out of time

At the COP28 climate summit in Dubai this week, nations agreed to “transition away” from coal, oil and gas . After 30 years of COP meetings, the...

15.12.2023 20

The Conversation

John Quiggin

Two charts show we are way off track for net zero by 2050

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has announced Australia is “within striking distance” of the government’s 2030 emissions...

11.12.2023 6

Green Left Weekly

John Quiggin

Two charts in Australia’s 2023 climate statement show we are way off track for net zero by 2050

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has announced Australia is “within striking distance” of the government’s 2030 emissions...

04.12.2023 7

The Conversation

John Quiggin

Westpac’s profit jump is no surprise when the RBA favours banks over households

The news that Westpac has announced an annual profit of $7.2bn for 2022-23, up 26% on 2021-22, will not surprise the millions of Australian families...

06.11.2023 6

The Guardian

John Quiggin

It’s good the High Court overturned Victoria’s questionable EV tax. But there’s a sting in the tail

For anyone concerned with the need to decarbonise transport – or with sound economic policy – yesterday’s High Court ruling might seem like good...

19.10.2023 5

The Conversation

John Quiggin

Why the ‘drug dealers defence’ doesn’t work for exporting coal. It’s actually Economics 101

In defending a Federal Court case brought by opponents of her decisions to approve two export coal mines, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is...

05.10.2023 5

The Conversation

John Quiggin

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