There are three numbers Australians should walk away from the last twenty four hours of Senate estimates remembering.
Every twenty years, give or take, the British Left rediscovers the wealth tax. They rediscover it with the bright-eyed conviction of a Labrador rediscovering a tennis ball under the sofa, and with roughly the same level of new information.
There is a certain quality of light that falls across the western plains in late autumn, a light my father used to call "the bachelor's hour" because it found you alone whether you wanted to be or not.
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The Economic Imperative of Net Zero
Higher education policy is complicated but consequential.
The political calculus has changed, and it has changed incredibly quickly.
We need to bear the torch of liberty because if we do not there is no one left who will.
Beware a new world of near-impossible trade-offs
The Intergenerational Report (IGR) for the last 20 years has warned us that the era of magic pudding politics is fast coming to a close. Last week, it declared it over.
Australians have had their say on the Voice to Parliament and they answered with a resounding no. While we are still mulling over the result and what it means for future elections, one thing needs to be made clear.
The great challenge currently dominating our national discourse manifests as an economic one: it is an uncomfortable combination of rising inflation rates, rising energy prices, housing affordability issues and significant government debt largely driven by the pandemic.