Banks in a state: taxing super profits to pay for services is a winner
Banks in a state: taxing super profits to pay for services is a winner
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Richard Denniss
Dr Richard Denniss is chief economist at The Australia Institute, a Canberra think tank, www.tai.org.au
Making a meal out of energy policy
We must act urgently to reduce carbon emissions. But what if we rush to implement the wrong policy?
Trump's more honest on climate than Turnbull
Until we stop building new coal mines, we should stop pretending we care about emissions.
The fake 'crisis' of high wages
Tweaking skilled migrant visas won't fix the damage done by decades of harmful industrial-relations policies.
The perils of promising perfection
If any politicians are interested, here are five steps to prevent blackouts and provide affordable energy.
No corruption? A watchdog will help anyway
We're told often we have nothing to fear if we have nothing to hide. It's time to apply that to government too.
Where did all the gas go?
In 2007 the gas industry set about a long-term and very expensive plan to push our gas prices up significantly.
Blackouts and prawns
"Peak energy demand" has nothing to do with a lack of "baseload" power, whatever the government says.
Back in the day, they called it lying
Barnaby Joyce was "post-truth" way before it was cool. In fact, few politicians were better prepared for the new era of "alternative facts" than Barnaby Joyce.
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