It’s the politics (stupid)!
If history has rules, one must be that interest smothers concept (and eats its lunch). The political challenges of implementing any big, disruptive ...
If history has rules, one must be that interest smothers concept (and eats its lunch). The political challenges of implementing any big, disruptive ...
The current Labor government, unlike the Hawke governments, seems bent on announcing major public policies as faits accomplis and consulting on the r...
The Prime Minister’s announcement today that, contrary to the position she adopted before the election, she has decided to commission a recommenda...
What does the Australian Academy of science think their role should be? To inform or to frighten? To elucidate public policy issues from a scientif...
When she took power, Julia Gillard said she wanted a national conversation and ‘deep community consensus’ about climate change. What she has given ...
Julia Gillard’s determination as Prime Minister to revisit the debate about an Australian response to the potential dangers of climate change calls fo...
Although details are still sketchy, Henry Ergas points out that in one of his last acts, Rudd apparently saddled us with a return to a government-sanctio...