Tuesday, April 21, 2026
ECONOMY

The two great stupidities behind our inflation

Alan Kohler asserts It’s a bit like chemotherapy that kills the cancer by taking the patient to death’s door. Here’s a wild idea for mainstream economists to smile at condescendingly: How about the Reserve Bank stands...
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ECONOMY

When is a secret meeting for lobbying not a secret meeting?

Ed Straw and Ray Ison write in Pearls and Irritations ICAC urges ban on secret meetings with lobbyists.  In other words, ICAC practitioners imagine a new system for governing…or do they?   What is ‘their system’s’ purpose...
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BUSINESS

New corruption body won’t stop the rorts

Barry Ferguson wrote Competing for Influence: The role of the public service in better government in Australia and argues today: Since it was promised by the Morrison government in 2018, some form of national integrity...
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ECONOMY

Pork-barrelling ‘a hair’s breadth’ from bribery, ICAC to be told

Grants scheme was ‘industrial’ pork-barrelling An infamous Berejiklian government grants scheme that resulted in millions of dollars flowing mostly to Coalition electorates has been described by the head of the NSW corruption watchdog as blatant,...
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ECONOMY

Address the mess Albo – fossil super profits and soaring energy bills – now may be your only time

Compare Denmark in the 1980's Denmark's State revenue State revenue from the North Sea activities derives from three elements. State revenue from the North Sea activities derives from hydrocarbon tax (a rate of 52 per cent) and...
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ECONOMY

Government outsourcing: There’s gold in them thar hills!

Robin Boyle writes in Pearls and IrritationsGovernment outsourcing in Australia occurs in many ways. It can provide the best outcome for the community. But at the other extreme, it could mean a case of...
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ECONOMY

Trapped: Australia’s economy is hostage to the housing market, and neither party is willing to save us

Jason Murphy writes in CrikeyScott Morrison wants to let you raid your super to buy a house. This is a naked vote ploy for frustrated first home buyers. That’s a group of young, tertiary...
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ECONOMY

As Fox News legitimises race-hate theories, US lawmaker pleads for Murdochs to act

Christopher Warren writes in CrikeyThis past weekend’s white supremacist terrorist killings in Buffalo in upstate New York demonstrate a worrying truth: the News/Fox outrage machine has morphed into something far more dangerous for democracy. It...
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