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John QuigginThe Conversation |
For those who have followed the tortuous path of Australian climate policy over recent decades, a recent report by the Australian Energy Market...
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...
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...
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...
The federal government has bowed to pressure from the car industry, announcing it will relax proposed emissions rules for utes and vans and delay...
Andrew Leigh’s The Shortest History of Economics is the latest in a series of such histories, mostly focused on particular countries. It begins...
Andrew Leigh’s The Shortest History of Economics is the latest in a series of such histories, mostly focused on particular countries. It begins...
If you believe Newspoll and the Australian Financial Review, Australia wants to go nuclear – as long it’s small. Newspoll this week suggests a...
Just two weeks after Prof Allan Fels reported on the extent of monopoly power and resultant price gouging, Australia’s supreme body on competition...
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...
Australia looks set to adopt fuel-efficiency standards after the Albanese government on Sunday revealed options for the long-awaited policy. The...
Australia looks set to adopt fuel-efficiency standards after the Albanese government on Sunday revealed options for the long-awaited policy. The...
Gathering for their annual World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland this week, the world’s business and political elite will be digesting some...
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...
A striking development in recent years has been the increasing role of state governments in responding to global crises. The announcement by newly...
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...
Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has announced Australia is “within striking distance” of the government’s 2030 emissions...
Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has announced Australia is “within striking distance” of the government’s 2030 emissions...
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...
For anyone concerned with the need to decarbonise transport – or with sound economic policy – yesterday’s High Court ruling might seem like good...
In defending a Federal Court case brought by opponents of her decisions to approve two export coal mines, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is...