January 2022
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
It’s time for mandatory vaccination
There is no “game-changer”. We need to act decisively to get ahead of a mutating virus that we will have to live with this year and possibly all the next. Here’s three ways.
November 2021
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Mandate vaccines to stop a fourth wave
Vaccines and boosters will need to become mandatory if we are to keep the borders open and lockdowns a thing of the past.
October 2021
- Opinion
- Energy
Only nuclear lets Australia have it all in clean energy policy
There are only so many combinations of technology that can deliver clean, reliable power and an acceptable cost. They all include the nuclear power that’s shunned by Australia.
August 2021
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Why Morrison must mandate vaccination
Mandatory vaccinations cannot be uncertain, and it cannot depend on thousands of businesses getting legal advice, writes Elmer Funke Kupper.
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May 2021
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Open the international border when we are 80pc vaccinated
New COVID-19 strains are far more infectious. Higher vaccination levels with a longer quarantine buffer is a proportionate response.
March 2021
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Sluggish start in race to hit vaccine rollout target
The arithmetic shows that if 20 million adults are to be vaccinated by late October, Australia will have to set a world-leading pace of daily injections.
February 2021
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Modern monetary theory is about to be tested. It will fail
Governments can just fund themselves by printing money. Pity the smart investors are not buying any of it.
January 2021
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
No reason to drag our feet on vaccination
The US President-elect has been vaccinated against COVID-19. Surely there is no case now that it's too dangerous for ordinary Australians?
November 2020
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Make testing mandatory at the borders to keep Australia safe and open
While we wait for a vaccine, the way to avoid outbreaks is to insist on COVID-19 tests before people travel between states.
July 2020
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Infections are just the new normal
In March, the maths said Australia had to lock down the nation. Now it says we have to co-exist with COVID-19.
March 2020
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
The maths shows only a shutdown will contain the virus
The herd immunity theory relies on too many questionable assumptions. The only way to limit the exponential transmission of COVID-19 is locking down the country.
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
The virus hit is a healthy market correction
The RBA should hold fire on interest rates because last week's overdue falls in equity markets puffed up by cheap money are positive for long-term investors.
September 2019
- Opinion
- Disruption
Somebody needs to kill off the McCoffins business model
The last service that we will ever buy does not treat the bodies using it as customers. It needs a disrupter.
- Opinion
- Local council
Councils should fix potholes, not try to save the world
It's time that local public services lost the grandiose name and trappings of 'government'.
May 2019
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
Five reasons the RBA definitely shouldn't cut rates
The bottom line is the Reserve Bank should be tougher and keep rates where they are. And tell us to do our jobs, writes Elmer Funke Kupper.