Weekly roundup Saturday 29 April
How well will we care for them when their soldiering days are over?
Weekly roundup of links to articles, reports, podcasts and other media on current political and economic issues in public policy.
Economics
Immigration: this is really a big reform. The Reserve Bank review – keep the inflation target but try to understand how monetary policy works. Former head of Treasury calls the $50 a day Jobseeker payment “cruel”. The case for program evaluation. The latest CPI and what it tells us about inflation – not much really. How every household in Australia hands over $2 500 a year to gambling companies. Why Basil Fotherington-Thomas is more likely to get a job interview than Mohammed Constantine Wong.
Australia’s energy transition
China goes from red to green – will we miss out on business opportunities? in a breathtakingly radical policy statement the government announces that nice people drive electric cars.
Anzac Day
A poor record in supporting our veterans. A Wiradjuri warrior’s Anzac Day. Another war we tend to forget.
Politics
No Sussan, the Voice won’t have the power to veto Anzac Day. The Liberal Party’s Dämmerung.
Public ideas
Why more Australians live in Sydney than in Yunta. Why do “Christians” give Christianity a bad name?
Diggers in Switzerland
Australian peacekeepers deployed to Basel
Links to sources of webinars, podcasts and readings
If you have comments, corrections, or links to other relent sources, I’d like to hear from you. Please send them to Ian McAuley — ian, at the domain name ianmcauley.com
