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Roger Beale

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Listen, deliver, rebuild trust to quiet the populist right

Listen, deliver, rebuild trust to quiet the populist right

Economic insecurity matters, but it cannot explain the populist challenge alone. Governments must also address migration, belonging and trust while...

08.10.2026 20

The New Daily

Roger Beale

Listen, deliver, rebuild trust: answering the populist right – part two

Listen, deliver, rebuild trust: answering the populist right – part two

Economic insecurity matters, but it cannot explain the populist challenge alone. Governments must also address migration, belonging and trust while...

06.10.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

Roger Beale

Why the populist right arrived later in Australia – part one

Why the populist right arrived later in Australia – part one

Australia avoided the populist-right breakthroughs seen in the US and Europe for longer because prosperity, stronger institutions and a more equal...

05.10.2026 30

Pearls and Irritations

Roger Beale

Immigration and toxic nostalgia

A counterfactual simulation suggests Australia would be smaller, older and economically weaker today if immigration policy had remained restricted to...

13.03.2026 50

Pearls and Irritations

Roger Beale

Bondi, Christchurch and what a Royal Commission can – and can’t – do

05.01.2026 30

Pearls and Irritations

Roger Beale

Tax, productivity growth and equality

30.07.2025 30

Pearls and Irritations

Roger Beale