There’s more to that Coronavirus. Even before it, businesses weren’t keen to invest.
- Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
COVID-19 pandemic has seen the Morrison government abandon long-held dogma on debt and deficits. But on climate and energy, it’s singing from the same old songbook.
We could do it for the price of tax cuts.
Australia’s living standards have remained remarkably stable compared to those of other countries. Losing access to China wouldn’t change that much.
A conservative estimate of the productivity gains from working from home suggests they’re bigger than all of the reforms of the 1990s combined.
More than 70 of Australia’s Laureate professors have signed a letter to the minister for education, Dan Tehan, outlining the flaws in the proposed university reforms.
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the production side of the economy, So how will tax cuts for those on high incomes help?
As debate grows over what should happen to JobSeeker Payment, a ‘liveable income guarantee’ turns the idea of an unemployment benefit on its head.
It’d be a matter of switching 20-25,000 jobs. During coronavirus, we shut down three million, and dealt with the consequences impressively.
We are going to need some sort of wage subsidy well beyond six months. The best kind of subsidy would be portable.
When we unlock, we should do it cautiously, starting with small social gatherings, and we should test widely.
The commitment we made to full employment after World War II ushered in decades of prosperity. The paths we chose after this war will be as important.
It’s best to decide how the losses should be borne, rather than have it dictated by events.
The attempts at product differentiation that preceded the $18 billion program are all but exhausted.
Australia’s tourism sector has been hit hard by bushfires and coronavirus. The are good reasons to think it may take a lot longer than in the past for the numbers to bounce back.
Australian winemakers have lost smoke-tainted crops and political leaders apparently cannot solve the Murray Darling crisis. Perhaps climate change is getting the better of us.
In time Australia’s AAA credit rating will be at risk.
Market forces don’t work well in education. For-profit businesses are more tempted to exploit loopholes than provide quality service.
From wage growth to renewable energy to religion, projections are being treated as predictions. We’d be better off insisting on genuine forecasts.
We are about to go from having rules that overreached to having few rules. The US, China and the EU will be able to act with impunity.
Surprise findings have revealed that Australia’s cars are getting less fuel efficient. This is bad news for the hip-pockets of motorists - and for the climate.
The state of Australia’s energy and climate change policy is reason to despair. But there may be a nuclear solution that keeps both sides happy.
The decision of Suncorp to dump coal, just months after the re-election of the Morrison government, makes it clear that insurers can’t afford wishful thinking.
Billions of dollars have been spent on infrastructure schemes in the Murray Darlling Basin with no measurable improvement.
Gautam Adani might be willing to lose a large share of his wealth to show that he can’t be pushed around, or he might want more public money.
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