So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbyeee!
Considering how much the media seemed to enjoy writing about him, the orgy of memorialisation…More
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The Unavoidable Green Future
Ben McNeil is a very well-spoken young man. The economist and climate scientist is a…More
The Cash Splash Worked
Remember Lehman Brothers? It’s hard to believe that the US merchant bank’s spectacular collapse was…More
Will There Be Brown Jobs In A Green Future?
Suddenly the climate change debate has moved away from such abstract topics as the future…More
Now For The Hard Part
As I remarked on budget night, Wayne Swan’s second budget is full of political risks…More
Budget 2009: A Gamble Posing As Prudence
This is a budget framed by one over-arching reality: the global financial crisis and the…More
Key Budget Announcements
As the Treasurer says in the opening line of his budget speech, "this budget is…More
Rudd Breaks His First Promise
There’s been a general rediscovery lately of Isaiah Berlin’s famous metaphor of the fox and…More
The Rotten Elite
If you want to know what’s wrong with Australia today, take a look at the…More
Sucking Up The Surplus
It’s the most important time of the year for your average government department: budget time.…More