Coalition woos Teal voters with rooftop nuclear initiative - Weekly Roundup
June 28, 2024
Details of Coalitions rooftop nuclear initiative revealed, Australia to close borders to all immigrants other than brickies and nuclear scientists, ACCC considering a Coles-Woolworths merger application. Read on for the weekly roundup of links to articles, podcasts, reports and other media on current economic and political issues.
The Coalitions nuclear fantasies
Dutton couldnt have picked a worse time to launch his nuclear policy. Economists and industry experts fill in the blank spaces its even worse than it looked at first sight. The public are sceptical about the Coalitions ideas and are enthusiastic about renewables, but they still need the assurance that the governments plan will deliver low-cost and reliable energy. The Coalitions not really serious about nuclear power: their aim is to confuse, to discredit the government, to appease climate-change deniers, and to delay the adoption of renewables so that fossil fuels have to fill the gap.
Do we really have an immigration policy, or are we just muddling through without considering the hard choices we have to make? How we have allowed migrants to become victims of wage theft
The government has measures to bring supermarkets into line, but are we too loyal to Coles and Woolworths, and we arent behaving in ways that economists expect: were leaving money on the table to be grabbed by the big supermarkets. How the media consistently misunderstand CPI data: that four percent inflation figure is a misinterpretation and the RBA should actually be considering a rate cut to stave off a recession.
Assange is back, but the issues of press freedom, the extraterritorial reach of national laws, and our reaction to authoritarian behaviour in the US and the UK are no closer to resolution. Why Duttons nuclear fantasies increase the urgency of real-time disclosure of political donations. Four comrades discuss the fortunes of Australias left.
George Monbiot on neoliberalism, democracy and much more. How it takes a conscious effort to develop political ignorance. Ideas for a public broadcaster in a post-truth era.