by Murray Goot | Sep 20, 2019 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 18
Everyone who believes the polls failed — individually and collectively — at the last election has a theory about why. Perhaps the pollsters had changed the way they found respondents and interviewed them? (Yet every mode — face-to-face interviewing, computer-assisted...
by James O'Neill | Aug 25, 2019 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 18
The announcement by the Prime Minister that Australia would be sending a military force to the Middle East is the latest in a series of foreign policy blunders that fails to recognise Australia’s foreign policy interests. The Prime Minster has announced yet another...
by Peter Martin | Aug 13, 2019 | Issue 2, Journal, Papers
During the election campaign then-opposition leader Bill Shorten repeatedly claimed that everything was going up. ‘Childcare is up 28 per cent, out of pockets to see the doctor up 20 per cent, specialists … up nearly 40 per cent,’ he said. And then the...
by Christopher Sheil, Frank Stilwell | May 17, 2019 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 18
For the first time in more than half a century, it is clear that the richest 10% of Australian households now own more than half the nation’s private wealth. Wealth inequality has grown significantly. Over the four years from 2012, the proportion of the nation’s...
by Frank Stilwell | May 17, 2019 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 18
Readers of this website don’t need to be reminded that inequality is a pervasive concern. During the last few decades, the gap between the incomes, wealth and living standards of rich and poor people has increased in most countries. Prominent public figures,...
by Garry Barrett, Stephen Whelan | Nov 2, 2018 | Issue 3, Journal, Papers, Volume 17
In June 2017, Australia achieved a world record of sorts – 26 years of uninterrupted economic growth. This was achieved with a mix of good luck and good management. The resources boom, prudent fiscal management and some difficult economic decisions guided Australia...
