The economist and author on climate change,sexual politics – and keeping fit.
There are political and economic risks in pumping public money into new tech,but the payoffs are potentially vast for new and old industries alike.
A green energy company backed by WaterNSW plans to use an abandoned coal washery as the site for a pumped hydro scheme big enough to power a third of the city’s households.
Whether it is Scottish castle libraries,plunge pools,executive trips to Henley regattas or the latest comparison between the obscene amount of money spent by a few private schools on capital works and entire state school funding,it is clear that the current funding model is failing students.
Real estate agents and home building companies always claim getting rid of the tax lurk would do great damage to renters and buyers alike. Don’t believe it.
The economist has urged the central bank to pause interest rates rises,and says it caused unnecessary unemployment and slow wages growth with its decisions last decade.
Dealing with climate change has some upsides for Australia’s economy – but they won’t come cheap.
The Albanese government has broken the curse of a nation too timid to stand up to the might of industry. Can Perrottet follow suit with his push against pokies?
Visionary economist Ross Garnaut says Australia could reduce the world’s carbon emissions by 8 per cent. How? By making best use of its superpower.
Some employers have used high levels of immigration to keep wages low and reduce the need for educating and training our own young people. But those days are numbered.
In his keynote speech to the summit’s leaders,the eminent economist says Australia has five “crucial advantages” that could overcome eye-watering debt.