Weekly roundup of links to articles, reports, podcasts and other media on current political and economic issues in public policy.
A note to readers and contributors about the roundup
A shift in emphasis following the election.
The rise of independents is the latest instalment in a 75-year trend: it shouldn’t have surprised anyone. Links to 0.0000001 percent of comments on the election. How the opinion polls performed.
Challenges to be faced by the incoming government and advice from economists. Meet Treasurer Chalmers. Electric vehicles, batteries and coal. As Morrison warned, Labor has jacked up electricity prices. Economics as ecology. Productivity Commission invites us to have a say on school reform.
It’s still among us clogging our hospitals and killing people, while we slacken off our vaccination effort.
Webinars, podcasts and readings.
Still more election comment and analysis
Ian McAuley is a retired lecturer in public finance at the University of Canberra. He can be contacted at “ian” at the domain “ianmcauley.com” .