Productivity stakes couldn’t be higher at roundtable
Productivity must trump politics in Labor’s second term
Economics Commentaries
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Arbitrarily increasing defence spending would be a waste of money
Both sides of politics have allowed industry concerns and state government parochialism to dominate defence needs when it comes to procurement.
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NSW budget must be adult in the room on sensible spending
The state’s debt levels remain high, with net debt currently around $110 billion and projected to grow to $137 billion by June 2028. Without stronger spending restraint, it will only grow.
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Any time someone tries to get ahead in Australia, the govt taxes them to the hilt
It must have been a surreal experience for some this week. The Prime Minister was at the Press Club bemoaning …
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Why the Liberal Party struggles to regain ground
The Liberals need to learn some political lessons from the result, but a lot of the proffered advice has been nakedly self-serving.
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Why Libs and Nats will get the Coalition band back together
The parties have been riven by very real personal and ideological tensions before, and still have joined forces when moments of truth have arrived.
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Australian states reap billions from mining. This revenue is already at risk
As the pressure to rapidly phase out fossil fuels increases, the states will face an unexpected fiscal risk.
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This is not as much about Trump as it is about the failure of modern politics
The simple reality is that major parties across the world need to start measuring their success or failure by more than just whether they won the last election.
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Donald Trump can’t bully Adam Smith
Nearly 40 years ago, during her transformative and market-driven prime ministership of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher famously said: “You …
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‘More affordable housing’ actually makes a large cohort of voters very angry
Actual solutions would involve negotiating with state and local government to change the policy settings and overcome NIMBY opposition.