Steven Hamilton, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The instant asset write-off is encouraging businesses to buy things they don’t really need, and Labor’s is worse.
It’s a 50km long patch in the middle of Queensland that’s causing a lot of trouble, but many people couldn’t even point it out on a map.
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Everything you need to know – where it is, the environmental impact, Indigenous land rights issues and actual profitability – of the Adani Carmichael coal mine in one simple interactive.
Real estate agents don’t decide rents, landlords do.
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Beware the airy promise of cutting red tape and saving billions. They might come for you in a way you that hurts.
Molan is running a campaign urging people to vote for him “below the line” after he was relegated to an unwinnable fourth spot on the Senate ticket.
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A furious NSW Nationals organisation has accused supporters of maverick Liberal senator Jim Molan of breaking the Coalition agreement and asked party members to urge people to vote “below the line”.
A Council for the Future should be independent of government.
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It would be wiser to spend money on policies that allow teachers to teach in ways that nurture children’s sense of belonging and making sure children are not hungry when they are trying to learn.
Labor has promised to establish a new office of Evaluator General to oversee high-quality evaluations of government programs.
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If you’re confused about all the millions and billions thrown around for education by the two major parties, here’s the low-down on what the policies actually mean.
When political leaders swap suits for hi-viz vests the costs of the promises they make are high, and often not well justified.
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The major parties are promising tens of billions of dollars in transport spending, but only a handful of projects are on Infrastructure Australia’s national priority list with approved business cases.
Australia’s populist parties are polling much lower than their counterparts in Europe.
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Labor’s arts election policy includes more funding for the Australia Council and the ABC. But while this is welcome, arts and culture deserve far greater attention.
Senior Lecturer in Political Science: Research Fellow at the Cairns Institute; Research Associate for Centre for Policy Futures, University of Queensland, James Cook University