‘Decoherence’ marks Labor’s quantum leap into future
For all the future-facing, science-fiction rhetoric, Anthony Albanese’s legacy will be a quantum leap back to the past.
For all the future-facing, science-fiction rhetoric, Anthony Albanese’s legacy will be a quantum leap back to the past.
Bob Hawke eschewed industry protectionism to make Australia globally competitive, but governments still don’t realise that grants are no substitute for economic discipline.
For the wind industry, Tanya Plibersek’s rejection of Chalumbin is its Franklin Dam moment. It was a test case that failed.
The PM’s attack on one of the country’s finest public policy thinkers offers little hope the Future Made in Australia Act might one day be seen as more than a slogan.
Ardern’s blunders mean the New Zealand economy will be burdened with the long fiscal tail of the 2020-2022 pandemic for years, if not decades, to come.
Renewable energy is welfare-dependent and weather-dependent. It suffers from a condition a psychologist might recognise as Dependent Personality Disorder: a pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of.
Reducing Tasmanian retail power prices relative to other states would help an incoming government attract new investment, particularly in the power-hungry digital economy.
It is time to stand up to the wellness gurus and therapists responsible for the most unwell generation in recorded history.
For the sake of the Productivity Commission’s reputation, the commissioners should find the courage to send its philanthropy report back to its authors and ask them to start again.
Albanese will claim the Dunkley win was an endorsement of his government. Yet Labor MPs in marginal seats have been rattled.
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