Weekly roundup Saturday 7 September
Dutton and Albanese are chasing each other around Canberra’s gay roundabout
Weekly roundup of links to articles, reports, podcasts and other media on current political and economic issues in public policy.
Politcs
LGBTQI+ politics: the + stands for the ABS. The government’s obsession with bipartisanship neglects one third of voters. Dutton’s electoral road to nowhere. Germany’s Länder elections carry a warning for social democrat parties. The public believe Menzies has come back to run the country but they don’t think Dutton can control inflation.
Commonwealth-state economic relations
The Albanese government cannot let go of the boondoggle systems it inherited from Morrison: it’s doing stuff that should be left to the states. The states are addicted to taxes on gambling to raise revenue that the Commonwealth should collect. And an explanation of how everyone east of longitude 129 is subsidising the Western Australian government.
Other economics
The national accounts could have been worse – far worse if Angus Taylor were treasurer. A well-researched call for gambling reform. Why truck drivers are dying, and killing other road users. Yet another failure in the Department of Home Affairs.
Public ideas
The ABC’s chairperson on public broadcasting. The Treasury’s boss on evidence-informed policy.
The search for Priscilla
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