Weekly roundup Saturday 19 July

Birdsville pub

Not necessarily the fount of public policy wisdom

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

Australian economics

Superannuation: The privations when you have only $3 million to retire on.

Public sector capability: On building 2 bush huts and 1.2 million houses.

The Reserve Bank: They've been making the same mistake for years.

Taxation: Treasury breaks a Mokita taboo. That's good.

Making public policy There are better places than pubs.

Australian politics

The Liberal Party: Even more unloved and unwanted.

Offshore detention: Australia sets a model for the world's xenophobic populists.

Public ideas

Australia in Trump's world: Another February 1942 moment?

Mandates: What does a mandate look like?

Bastille Day

Bastille Day 2017: Portents of Trump's disdain for Europe

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