National affairs
3 December 2020
Overall, it worked. But there’s still much to be done
Books & arts
30 November 2020
Books | The links have been quietly developing for decades, but there’s still much more Australia can learn from its nearest eastern neighbour
National affairs
30 November 2020
The government’s retirement income review has challenged outmoded views about superannuation
National affairs
25 November 2020
A budget for Covid recovery ventures into contentious territory
National affairs
23 November 2020
Years of progress in reducing poverty will be wasted if we don’t change how financial markets treat developing countries during the pandemic
International
10 November 2020
What needs to happen during Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s journey from win to White House?
National affairs
9 November 2020
President Biden will buy Australia time, but the structural forces that produced the Trump presidency won’t go away
National affairs
5 November 2020
Business figures are taking advantage of ASIC’s internal troubles to undermine reforms recommended by the banking royal commission
National affairs
2 November 2020
In six short weeks, the world has comprehensively left Australia behind on climate
National affairs
27 October 2020
Treat with care the claims that Australia can readily diversify its trade and investment
National affairs
20 October 2020
The federal agency that revealed the sports rorts scandal has had its funding cut — again
National affairs
20 October 2020
Covid-19 could change how we work, for the better and — if we’re not careful — the worse
National affairs
19 October 2020
Ultra-low interest rates have fundamentally changed the arithmetic of renewable energy
National affairs
12 October 2020
The assumption that Australia will experience a quick recovery has produced a budget that’s big on spending but low on stimulus
National affairs
7 October 2020
The budget overlooks the hardest hit in favour of the hardest hats
National affairs
7 October 2020
A range of effective and equitable initiatives are missing from this year’s budget
National affairs
7 October 2020
The government will need to announce more initiatives in coming months if its economic goals are to be met
National affairs
7 October 2020
The government needs to do more to share the risks during the recovery
National affairs
6 October 2020
If the goal is to support workers, women, those hit hardest by Covid-19 and the growth industries of the future, the government should focus on services
National affairs
2 October 2020
By 2030, according to the government’s own figures, Australia will have spent three decades making almost no progress in reducing emissions
National affairs
2 October 2020
What makes for effective stimulus spending in the Covid-19 recession?
National affairs
30 September 2020
Unlike the proposed tax cuts, there’s a guaranteed way to stimulate the economy
National affairs
29 September 2020
With a wave of insolvencies on its way, the government could do practical things to reduce barriers for new entrants
National affairs
24 September 2020
Progress continues in Victoria, nationally and in much of Asia, but the international figures remain grim
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
14 September 2020
Politics will be shaped by economics at the next federal election
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