National affairs
21 September 2020
China’s trade restrictions highlight a serious but often exaggerated threat. And there’s plenty the government can do about it
National affairs
21 September 2020
Structural shifts mean that Labor’s primary vote is only part of the election-winning equation
National affairs
18 September 2020
Joe Biden’s climate policy would have big repercussions in Australia
National affairs
14 September 2020
Politics will be shaped by economics at the next federal election
National affairs
11 September 2020
How one economist came to have doubts about the plan to lift the compulsory superannuation contribution rate
National affairs
11 September 2020
A half-year of Covid-19-watching suggests the most effective way ahead
National affairs
10 September 2020
Normal hostilities have resumed, and the target is the Liberals’ bête noire, Dan Andrews. Next up, Annastacia Palaszczuk…
National affairs
10 September 2020
Could the debate over states’ rights to close their borders have been resolved a century ago?
National affairs
8 September 2020
There are better, tested ways of generating new jobs
National affairs
7 September 2020
Victoria’s new Covid-19 standards would force a global lockdown
National affairs
7 September 2020
The proposed tax cuts are a weak form of stimulus that would create more problems than they solve. There are better options
National affairs
3 September 2020
It’s time to let go of our twentieth-century view of economic activity
National affairs
3 September 2020
Yesterday’s GDP figures show there are no soft options for recovery
National affairs
2 September 2020
It’s time to recognise the multiplier effect of investing in early childhood education
National affairs
1 September 2020
Crises aren’t always bad for governments — federal, state or territory — facing elections
National affairs
31 August 2020
Most of modern monetary theory is not new. And what is new isn’t plausible
National affairs
25 August 2020
Behind the growing Covid-19 optimism is worrying political and geopolitical manoeuvring
National affairs
24 August 2020
The technology company’s latest valuation shows how big internet-based companies are using a public network to wield monopoly power
National affairs
24 August 2020
The electoral arithmetic was loaded against Lia Finocchiaro’s Country Liberal Party in Saturday’s Northern Territory election
National affairs
24 August 2020
The idea is plagued by economic, operational and political challenges — and there is a simpler solution
National affairs
19 August 2020
Donald Trump’s attack on the mail system highlights how a flawed electoral system is struggling with the pandemic
National affairs
19 August 2020
Once again, a Western Australian government is at war with a stubborn mining entrepreneur
National affairs
17 August 2020
Are trade, competition and technology good for consumers but bad for workers? History shows otherwise
National affairs
13 August 2020
Despite the shaky business model, the thirst for local news hasn’t gone away in regional Australia
National affairs
11 August 2020
Greater use of isolation would help us through the “middle game” of Covid-19
National affairs
11 August 2020
Adrian Piccoli’s plan to fully fund non-government schools would reduce educational inequality
National affairs
10 August 2020
The campaign risks reducing our living standards and hurting poorer Australians the most
National affairs
7 August 2020
Australia’s aged care homes were a disaster waiting to happen
National affairs
7 August 2020
The truce among governing parties makes life difficult for Anthony Albanese and his state counterparts
National affairs
6 August 2020
Covid-19 might have rescued the Coalition from criticisms of its climate policies, but it can’t dodge them forever