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Treaty & Sovereignty
Season 5 Episode 87
As part of the National Treaties Summit, this episode we bust some of the myths about Sovereignty and Treaty and the relationship between the two wit…
6 years, 2 months ago
How to make electricity bills cheaper
Season 5 Episode 86
In this week's episode we explain how two changes to the rules of the National Electricity Market (NEM) will help reduce electricity bills, cut emiss…
6 years, 2 months ago
Big Little Political Lies
Season 5 Episode 85
Each election, tens of millions of dollars is spent on political advertising and currently it is perfectly lawful for political parties to lie to cit…
6 years, 2 months ago
Navigating the Australia-China relationship with Jane Golley
Season 5 Episode 84
Australia's relationship with China is rocky at the moment, how can we navigate it better? Part of our 'Economics of a Pandemic' webinar series.Host:…
6 years, 2 months ago
A bargain at twice the price
Season 5 Episode 83
If Australia had the same labour participation rate of Nordic countries, our economy would be $60 billion larger. In today's episode, we unpack why f…
6 years, 2 months ago
The success of the Aboriginal-led health response to the pandemic
Season 5 Episode 82
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are amongst the most vulnerable to the threat of Covid-19, but the Aboriginal-led community controlled h…
6 years, 3 months ago
The Reconstruction - building back better with Richard Denniss
Season 5 Episode 81
The Australia Institute's chief economist Richard Denniss launched The Reconstruction Memorandum, to step back and look at the big picture on how Aus…
6 years, 3 months ago
HomeBuilder and jobs for the boys
Season 5 Episode 80
The government's Homebuilder program is designed to help the construction sector, but construction is not labour intensive and it's dominated by blok…
6 years, 3 months ago
War is not a metaphor with Allan Gyngell
Season 5 Episode 79
Using war as a metaphor has crept into how we talk about public policy. Misrepresenting policy issues as security problems does not solve them, yet m…
6 years, 3 months ago
The Deficit Myth with Stephanie Kelton
Season 5 Episode 78
Anyone familiar with Australian political debate will know that while we can always afford tax cuts and defence spending, somehow we can never afford…
6 years, 3 months ago