$50 a day Jobseeker payment cruel - Weekly Roundup
$50 a day Jobseeker payment cruel - Weekly Roundup
Ian McAuley

$50 a day Jobseeker payment cruel - Weekly Roundup

Government announces that nice people drive electric cars; $50 a day Jobseeker payment cruel; and a Wiradjuri warriors Anzac Day. Read on for the Weekly Roundup of links to articles, reports, podcasts and other media on current political and economic issues in public policy.

Economics

Immigration: this is really a big reform. The Reserve Bank review keep the inflation target but try to understand how monetary policy works. Former head of Treasury calls the $50 a day Jobseeker payment cruel. The case for program evaluation. The latest CPI and what it tells us about inflation not much really. How every household in Australia hands over $2 500 a year to gambling companies. Why Basil Fotherington-Thomas is more likely to get a job interview than Mohammed Constantine Wong.

Australias energy transition

China goes from red to green will we miss out on business opportunities? in a breathtakingly radical policy statement the government announces that nice people drive electric cars.

Anzac Day

A poor record in supporting our veterans. A Wiradjuri warriors Anzac Day. Another war we tend to forget.

Politics

No Sussan, the Voice wont have the power to veto Anzac Day. The Liberal Partys Dmmerung.

Public ideas

Why more Australians live in Sydney than in Yunta. Why do Christians give Christianity a bad name?

Diggers in Switzerland

Australian peacekeepers deployed to Basel

Links to sources of webinars, podcasts and readings

Ian McAuley

Ian McAuley is a retired lecturer in public finance at the University of Canberra. He can be contacted at “ian" at the domain “ianmcauley.com” .