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Why TAFE is critical to economic recovery
Season 5 Episode 97
The Morrison government has said it will increase investment in skills and training if the states and territories sign up to an overhaul of the Vocat…
6 years, 1 month ago
United in a Global Crisis with UN Chief Economist Elliott Harris
Season 5 Episode 96
In this episode UN chief economist Elliott Harris talks about why it's risky to withdraw fiscal stimulus too soon and why a clean green recovery make…
6 years, 1 month ago
Backfire part 1: why a "gas fired recovery" would increase emissions and energy costs and squander Australia's COVID-19 recovery spending
Season 5 Episode 95
In this first of a two-part episode on gas, we explore why subsidising the gas industry is a poor option for economic recovery and explore the issues…
6 years, 1 month ago
Julia Gillard on the pandemic, mental health and beyond
Season 5 Episode 94
Julia Gillard, chair of Beyond Blue and the former Prime Minister of Australia talks about mental health, women in leadership, the importance of gove…
6 years, 1 month ago
ANZUS and Australia's security
Season 5 Episode 93
In this episode we discuss if two Australian Ministers really need to travel to the United States for the AUSMIN talks in the midst of a global pande…
6 years, 1 month ago
The war on populism and the fight for democracy with Thomas Frank
Season 5 Episode 92
Author of the new book 'People without Power' Thomas Frank explains why everything you think you know about populism is wrong. [Note: language warnin…
6 years, 1 month ago
Winning a Fair Share: Rebuilding Australia's Manufacturing Base | Paul Bastian & Jim Stanford
Season 5 Episode 91
As the pandemic interrupted global supply chains a lot of focus has shifted back onto Australia’s domestic manufacturing capabilities and what Austra…
6 years, 1 month ago
Let it rip
Season 5 Episode 90
Some economists have renewed calls to lift restrictions and simply 'let it rip', that is to let Covid-19 rip through the population in order to prote…
6 years, 1 month ago
Unpacking the Mini-Budget: What you need to know
Season 5 Episode 89
In this episode, Richard Denniss and Matt Grudnoff, chief and senior economists at the Australia Institute unpack what you need to know about the Min…
6 years, 1 month ago
Unpacking JobSeeker
Season 5 Episode 88
The Morrison government announced it will cut the JobSeeker coronavirus supplement, which had lifted a whopping 425,000 people out of poverty. We tal…
6 years, 2 months ago