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Labor delivers net zero (policy achievements)

The incoherent mix in Australian defence policy

Can Albanese rise to the occasion ?*

Not trash, not poor, and not nearly as white

What to do about university governance

Housework for singles

Illegal tobacco is messing up economic data. That won’t stop until it’s managed like alcohol

Adventures with Deep Research

Against apprenticeships

Will fewer kids mean fewer scientists?

Elon's last grift

Some revenue options for Chalmers

What are “rusted-on” Labor voters thinking ?

Rethinking Population Ageing: Beyond the Alarmist Narrative

CCS is a dead horse

Labor as the party of resistance

If government bailouts of companies are the new normal, we need a better strategic vision

The natural party of government in Australia

Paper reactors and paper tigers

Optus’s triple zero debacle is further proof of the failure of the neoliberal experiment

The nicotine policy mess

Billion dollar boondoggle

Is Deep Research deep? Is it research?

Do they know where babies come from ?

The National Electricity Market Review

The crash of 2026

EV tax plan could punish drivers, delay net zero

Qantas’ hefty fine shows the tide is turning and workers are pushing back against bad corporate behaviour

If something can’t go on forever, it will stop

Stop the free ride: all motorists should pay their way, whatever vehicle they drive

Mitigating the productivity damage from Covid-19: the case for improved ventilation standards

Sorry, America, but it’s not Australia’s fault that your healthcare system is failing you

Ongoing productivity damage from Covid-19: mitigating impacts

The need for digital sovereignty

Until we have the resources to properly feed and educate all our children, we should not worry that we are having too few.

A billion people would be plenty to sustain civilisation

Some interesting new books

Whatever happened to Romney Republicans?

The end of US democracy

Is selling off Santos to a foreign buyer in Australia’s national interest? First, define national interest

Are pro-natalists living on the same planet ?

Ethno-nationalism and Universities Australia

The three party system and the future of Australian politics

US–Australia alliance wanes under Washington’s whims

Childcare is just the latest failure of Australia’s privatisation push. It’s time for an ideology overhaul

Repost: Australia's social media ban for under-16s: Can we fix digital media for everyone, not just kids

The perils of privatisation

There's No New Zeal and Zest

What if they gave a culture war and nobody came ?

Not so deep thoughts about Deep AI (update with missing link fixed)

Back from the brink

Let's fix Easter

The point of no return

Some good news on the climate transition

Breaking with the US will be painful for Australia in many ways – but it’s inevitable

The US just lost a war, and no one noticed

The Australian economy has changed dramatically since 2000

Dispensing with US universities (extended)

Dispensing with US universities

The case against "demand tariffs" for electricity

New report skewers Coalition’s contentious nuclear plan

Dispensing with the tech bros

Neoliberalism is dead. So why haven’t Australia’s leaders got the message?

Dispensing with the US-centric financial system

Monday Message Board

Dispensing with the US

Monday Message Board

Trump has thrown out the global economic playbook. It’s time for Australia to write its own rules

Monday Message Board

The dispensable nation

Dutton may think voters no longer care about good government. But there’s no such thing as a ‘free lunch’

Australia (Act) day

Monday Message Board

Australia's social media ban for under-16s: Can we fix digital media for everyone, not just kids

Should economists know their own history?

Australia's social media ban for under-16s: Better ways to help young people

Monday Message Board

Five problems Australia's U16 social media ban won’t help

Waleed Aly goes Trumpist

Australia's social media ban for under-16s: The evidence

Monday Message Board

Australia's social media ban for under-16s

Y2K: Apocalypse averted or pointless panic ?