High Speed Rail
Australia and Antarctica are now the only two continents in the world where there is no high speed rail project underway. As part of the […]
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Budget mania almost derails Macron mania but no diversion from Coalition’s war on the poor.
Australia is seized by budget mania. Abuzz. Agog. But after weeks of frenzied expectation, leaks and speculation, relief is in sight. The Coalition’s much-vaunted “economic […]
Track Replacement Services Lacking
By Jane Salmon “Fast Track” Visa Process DeRailed, Connecting Service Missing: Mass Transit to PR Overdue, Tony Burke. The clunky “Fast Track” visa processing “system“ […]
Scratchings in the Dirt
By James Moore “For the unlearned, old age is winter; for the learned, it is the season of the harvest.” (Hasidic saying). I’ll take the […]
Ongoing Travel and Sustainable Freight Sagas: Confronting Affordability and Accessibility Barriers
By Denis Bright Recent problems with Jetstar flight bookings to Bali are the tip of the structural problems of maintaining affordable passenger and sustainable freight […]
Social Justice doesn’t need to be ‘put on hold’ to fight inflation
In Australia the Labor Government is being warned not to spend too much for fear of exacerbating inflation. At the same time workers are urged […]
Covid 19 has hit the economy hard; But where is the Recovery going to come from?
COVID-19 has hit the Australian economy hard. By some estimates the Australian economy will shrink by approximately 7 per cent in 2020. Maybe more. That’s a virtually unprecedented […]
We might have a small surplus soon – so what?
As the grinning Josh and Scoff strode into the courtyard to tell the assembled media throng that we will probably have a surplus in a […]
New Social Market Options for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures
By Denis Bright There is every reason to be hopeful about the future of South East Queensland (SEQ) through the implementation of the ShapingSEQ Regional […]
The broody hen sitting on a huge pile of our money
After Peter Costello conducted a fire sale of our assets while stashing away surpluses from the mining boom, he put aside over $60 billion of […]
Barnaby’s baby – boon or boondoggle?
As Scott Morrison announced $8.4 billion is to be spent on an inland freight rail linking Brisbane to Melbourne, Barnaby Joyce went purple with excitement. […]
HSR could be a game changer
Once again, we find our Prime Minister arguing the case for something he thinks is a “thoroughly bad idea.” In an address to the Brisbane […]
The profits of arms manufacturers are sacrosanct
On Q&A last night, Christopher Pyne and Anthony Albanese were asked, if we must “live within our means”, why is defence spending quarantined from the […]
Malcolm’s Very Fast Train And Labor’s Potential Response!
Scene: Inside Labor’s strategy office! Two strategists, Zoe and Joe, are discussing potential responses to the announcement from Turnbull of a very fast train. Zoe: […]
What shareholders can teach voters
By Anthony Element OAM One accusation that is guaranteed to earn a company board a good smacking from shareholders, especially institutional shareholders, is to be […]