Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University is Asia and the Pacific’s leading graduate public policy school. Crawford School is home to influential publications including the journal Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, and publications such as East Asia Forum, Dev Policy Blog, Policy Forum, Solutions, and Advance.
Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Thanks one of the treasurer’s most trusted confidants, we can now piece together what the government’s likely to do next about rising energy bills. Here’s what I expect to see over the next month.
Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Lowe and the Reserve Bank are pushing up interest rates at almost the fastest pace on record to get the economy back in balance. It’s tough. But it has been done before – and here’s how it worked.
Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Two-thirds of those surveyed back capped gas prices, an extra tax on gas exporters that would subsidise prices, or rules requiring Australian gas to be reserved for Australian use.
Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Frightened by the prospect of an inflation rate approaching 8%, Chalmers has pumped very little into the economy, funding most of their extra spending by cutting Coalition programs.
Steven Hamilton, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Policymakers were too complacent about inflation, and the global economy is paying the price. Australia’s resources mean it is better placed than most.
Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Chalmers was careful during the campaign to reject the idea of a tax-to-GDP cap. He is going to have to raise much more tax, and start a conversation about how – beginning with next week’s budget.
Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
At the right moment, Australia’s Reserve Bank would be wise to stop taking its lead from the US – holding interest rates here steady, even if they’re still rising overseas.
Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
From the 1870s on, continual improvements in living standards became a birthright – not for everyone, but for humanity as a whole. King Charles III inherits a different future.
Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
On September 20, the single rate of JobSeeker will climb $25.70, to $668.40 a fortnight – its biggest-ever automatic jump. Yet that’s only $17,378 a year: not even two-thirds of the poverty line.
Dan Andrews, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University; Adam Triggs, Australian National University, and Gianni La Cava, Macquarie University
We have fewer workers changing jobs and fewer new firms than we used to.
Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Among the top economists surveyed was the man who designed Australia’s higher education loans scheme – who described funding for vocational education as a “mess”.
Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Governments budget in billions. Yet analysis prepared for The Conversation shows they’ve been extraordinarily stingy with pay rises – particularly when it comes to teachers and nurses.
Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
What’s driving this new ultra-low unemployment? Digging into economic data reveals something we haven’t seen before – which has already changed the lives of almost 100,000 Australians.
Visiting Fellow and Director – Micro heterogeneity and Macroeconomic Performance program, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Distinguished Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University