by John Spoehr | Feb 14, 2003 | Papers
Crisis & reformAfter nearly half a century under public ownership and control, the electricity industry in Australia is now subject to the influence of market principles and private interests. Over the last ten years most attempts to privatise electricity assets...
by John Quiggin | Jan 29, 2003 | Papers
Repudiating the pastAs with many others on the left of Australian politics, my first encounter with Keith Windschuttle came with his book Unemployment. The book presented a fairly standard left/Marxist account of the causes and effects of unemployment. Its most...
by Greg Patmore, Rae Cooper | Jan 29, 2003 | Papers
“The critical role of active workplace organising in building the success of the Australian labour movement has become a neglected part of our history … The[ese] papers take a fresh look at the simplistic notion that Australian trade union successes have...
by Frank Stilwell | Jan 29, 2003 | Papers
Looking back on 2002The year has been dominated by international security issues – the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the war on the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, the Bali bombings, and the threatened war on Iraq. These international concerns have...
by Frank Stilwell | Jan 29, 2003 | Papers
Reflections on 50 issues of JAPEThe publication of the fiftieth issue of the Journal of Australian Political Economy is an appropriate moment to reflect on the state of political economy. JAPE began twenty-five years ago as an outlet for critical alternatives to...
by Ron Dyer | Jan 29, 2003 | Papers
Valedictory speechThe Hon Michael Egan (Treasurer, Minister for State Development, and Vice-President of the Executive Council): … I thank all honourable members for their assistance and co-operation throughout the year. In particular, I thank the eight members...
