Ahead of two state elections, the Grattan Institute Orange Book examines the state of each state and how each can do things better. The good news is that if each copied the best in each field they would do very well indeed.
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Former prime minister Paul Keating wants to divert an extra 2-3% of our salaries to ‘longevity insurance’. It’s what the pension was meant to be for.
We should ignore out-of-date and failed theories and test what full employment really means in 2018.
Banks have viewed their codes of conduct as non-binding statements of comfort. They need to enforce them under pain of legal penalty.
Lifting the standards of rural and remote students to the those of urban students could boost the economy by 3.3%
Calls to boycott supermarket-branded milk are misguided; and a royal commission into treatment of dairy farmers would be money wasted.
The internet has always been just about to deliver an enormous spurt of economic growth or productivity growth A new meta-analysis of 59 econometric studies finds it is yet to do so.
We need to make sure well-meaning policy responses to drought don’t do more harm than good.
We rightly expect trustees of superannuation funds to do their jobs. Much stronger behavioural controls and civil penalties are needed to ensure they do.
The strength of the Productivity Commission inquiry is that it will use an economic rather than a purely health lens.
The Reserve Bank is worried that a further tightening of lending standards could take the air out of the housing bubble quickly. Here’s how.
Menopause at work is about creating a supportive environment for women, not managing menopause.
Making it easier for holidaying backpackers to work on Australian farms will make it harder for Pacific Islanders, and increase exploitation on farms.
The Modern Slavery Bill before the Senate is touted as ‘smart legislation’, because it asks for information rather than imposes penalties, but it mightn’t be enough.
Huge loans to poor island nations leave them vulnerable to becoming vassal states for China’s strategic interests.
Labor says it will wave through the 11-nation Trans Pacific Partnership deal, then amend it in government. That won’t be easy.
Women in investment management face sexist treatment and no accommodation of parenting responsibilities. That’s bad news for a sector critical to all Australians’ economic security.
Research shows just 16% of nonprofit organisations disclose their finances. The sector needs more accountability, not less.
Energy prices have doubled in ten years, but as a proportion of income, most of us are paying no more.
Australia’s unemployment rate may have to fall much more before we see any wages growth.
Reviews are essentially short stories. The best use the same elements that make a novel gripping.
Cricket Australia’s cultural problems are a lesson for corporate Australia, particularly for those companies whose own cultural problems have been exposed by the banking royal commission.
Most renters are happy with their landlords and happy with the quality of their accommodation, but they would like better security of tenure and cheaper rent.
Labor wants to require Australia’s big companies to report the ratio of their chief executive’s pay to their workers’ pay. While it might embarrass some, there’s no evidence it would make them pay their workers more.
The crucial question is not whether gig workers are employees or independent contractors, but what rights they ought to have as contractors.