Government announces that nice people drive electric cars; $50 a day Jobseeker payment “cruel”; and a Wiradjuri warrior’s 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.
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.
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.
A poor record in supporting our veterans. A Wiradjuri warrior’s Anzac Day. Another war we tend to forget.
No Sussan, the Voice won’t have the power to veto Anzac Day. The Liberal Party’s Dämmerung.
Why more Australians live in Sydney than in Yunta. Why do “Christians” give Christianity a bad name?
Australian peacekeepers deployed to Basel
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” .
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