A recent research study sheds light on the challenges of Australia’s hydrogen transition and adoption plans in the face of shifting global dynamics.
The budget’s back in surplus after 15 years, briefly, and there are measures to ease cost-of-living pressures, but can it tame inflation?
Despite Republican hecklers, US President Joe Biden delivered an optimistic speech focused mostly on domestic issues that set the stage for a 2024 re-election bid.
The first Labor budget in nine years, delivered against a grim economic backdrop, contains few surprises as it charts Australia's way through uncertain times and high-cost hazards.
Unlike many politicians, Anthony Albanese doesn’t appear to harbour a sense of entitlement to the top job – and his journey towards it has been a long one.
Taxing US$2.10 for a ton of emissions may not be enough to save the country from its climate crisis.
With an election imminent, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has splashed out billions in his “cost of living” budget, but is it enough to buy your vote?
The transport sector is Australia’s second-largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. To reach net zero, we need to change modes of transport, infrastructure, and the design of our cities.
Crown Resorts’ contribution to Victoria is at the core of its attempts to keep its casino licence. But the costs of the state keeping the casino may well be greater.
There are three measures for assessing whether public policy is successful, and the Coalition has been found wanting on all three. But there’s one policy area that’s an even bigger disaster.
While the number of EVs on Australian roads will rise swiftly, there are challenges to provide the systems to support them.
Unpacking where the money’s going, and what it means for you and the post-COVID recovery.
The commission has an ambitious timeline to report back by August. In the meantime, it will be fascinating to observe how Crown remakes itself.
The federal government has unveiled a budget filled with tax cuts and massive fiscal stimulus that will generate billions in deficits through to 2023.
Governments will rely on taxation to repair the fiscal damage wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, and that will likely mean a GST rise, even if there are better, but politically unpalatable, alternatives.
Pokies clubs and other gambling operators have had their charitable contributions exposed by new research.
Regulatory failure in gambling runs deep, and is a major political problem.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and PM Scott Morrison pack the 2019 Federal Budget full of goodies as they push towards an election.
Governments around the world are turning to behavioural science to find better ways to persuade people to act.
Greece Prime Minister Alex Tsipras has declared that the country is back on its feet, but the numbers indicate its problems are far from over.
A new report reveals Australia is lagging behind most wealthy nations in working towards the globally agreed goals.
The complexity of GST reforms might jeopardise the necessary cooperation of overseas businesses, and place consumers at risk of being wrongly charged.
This time the pressure is particularly intense, given that the Turnbull government has trailed Labor in the past 31 Newspolls.
Scott Morrison's 2018 federal budget is aimed at winning back middle Australia, with 10 million workers set to receive tax refunds worth up to $530.
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