Blaming China won’t keep the lights on – or pay the power bill
Sky News is back on the beat with a familiar headline: “The $20,000-per-person climate tax: Cost of Australia's green agenda to become astonishingly clear this week when new emissions targets are set.”
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18 September 2025
A smart productivity play: Stop subsidising loss-making native forest logging
On 7 September 2025, NSW set the proposed 476,000-hectare boundary for the Great Koala National Park and halted native-forest logging within it (plantation harvesting continues), with formal gazettal slated for 2026.
18 September 2025
AI: Much ado about something that one day may be important
AI. AI. AI. Maybe if I utter those magic initials one more time, you’ll reach peak ecstasy. Worried about our lack of productivity? Fear not. The economy will soon be rocketing ahead.
18 September 2025
AUKUS anniversary reminder to the prime minister
Dear prime minister, How very unfortunate that you chose 14 September to announce further expenditure on submarine facilities.
17 September 2025
We’re going up in the financial world, but no one’s noticed
Economists like us to think they’re coolly rational in all things. Nah. They’re just as susceptible to fads and fashions as the rest of us.
17 September 2025
Devastating climate risk report shows need to slash emissions 75%, deploy green capital fast
The Albanese Government is reportedly set to announce its new National Determined Contributions ( NDCs) to 2035 this week – its emissions reduction targets under our Paris Agreement obligations.
16 September 2025
As Europe diversifies its defence, Canberra still clings to AUKUS
Anthony Albanese is about to pour more than $12 billion into a new AUKUS submarine base in Perth.
16 September 2025
What will happen if/when the AI bubble bursts
Is the AI boom heading towards a bust – just like many other boom and bust cycles of the past?
15 September 2025
School funding: Time to break the mould and build a new model
A deep contradiction has developed between Australia’s values and the way our schools are funded.
15 September 2025
The social smog of neoliberalism: How competition breeds violence and division
The Industrial Revolution transformed the material basis of human life. By harnessing energy and perfecting machines, engineers satisfied physical needs on a mass scale.
13 September 2025
Can we save a 'livable Earth'?
In reshaping the world for prosperity, humanity has undermined the very foundations of progress.
12 September 2025
Aged care crises continue under Labor
It has been four years since the final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety was tabled in federal parliament.
11 September 2025
Our future prosperity is bright. We’ve hidden an ace up our sleeve
As you may have noticed, the nation’s economists are in a gloomy mood and warning of tough times ahead.
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