Craig Emerson
Craig Emerson writes on Australian politics and was an economic adviser to Bob Hawke and a minister in the Gillard Government.
Craig Emerson is Executive Director of the APEC Study Centre at RMIT University. He is a visiting fellow at the ANU and adjunct professor at Victoria University’s Centre of Policy Studies. He was Australia’s trade minister from 2010 to 2013 and was the architect of the Gillard Government’s White Paper on Australia in the Asian Century.
Craig's recent articles
15 August 2025
Albanese’s recognition of a Palestinian state implements a long-held Labor ambition
Those who accuse the Albanese Government of breaking with a historic Labor position of opposing recognition of a Palestinian state are wrong.
16 April 2025
Why bagging China could deny Dutton crucial votes he needs to win
China seems to play a central role in American and Australian elections.
3 December 2023
Who killed neoliberalism?
Neoliberalist theory and practice went so horribly wrong because governments that put their faith in markets forgot one word – competition.
21 July 2022
It’s folly to resist a Beijing reset
There are some on the right who thrive on the tension. And they blame the breakdown entirely on the other side. China’s statement following the first meeting between foreign ministers Penny Wong and Wang Yi has been denounced as ‘‘China’s four demands’’. One such ‘‘demand’’ is that the two countries seek common ground. Oh, the effrontery!
6 July 2020
How to avoid a September cliff edge (AFR 29.6.20)
Bond sales to the Reserve Bank would allow stimulus to continue without busting the budget or raising taxes.