Weekly roundup Saturday 17 February

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How many will be negatively geared?

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Weekly roundup of links to articles, reports, podcasts and other media on current political and economic issues in public policy.

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Australia’s energy transition

Fuel standards – cover for confiscating tradies’ utes? Electricity prices should ease by winter.

Housing

Negative gearing, a bad policy fastened by a wedge. Housing’s two loosely-connected markets – buyers and renters.

Other economics

How frequent flyer schemes damage competition and raise prices. AI is coming for your job – if you don’t use it wisely.

Politics

If you want to see how Dutton would run the country, look at the way he ran Home Affairs. How to turn off your cellphone and computer. Dutton’s map of forbidden territory. How women are drifting away from men.

Health

How to deal with the cost of living – drop private health insurance. Giving Medicare teeth. Next steps in reducing road fatalities. The changing ways we mistreat our bodies.

Education

A report card on schools. The purpose of a university.

Public ideas

Re-imagining Australia. Democracy’s tough journey. Let’s forget about Marcus Aurelius.

Year of the dragon

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

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