Weekly roundup Saturday 31 January
January 26 in Canberra
Weekly roundup of links to articles, reports, podcasts and other media on current political and economic issues in public policy.
Politics
The ruptured world order: What it should mean for Australia.
That smouldering wreckage on the Hill: The end of two parties and the end of Westminster.
The rehabilitation of the extreme right: A partisan response to the Bondi murders paved the way for Nazis and other white supremacists.
Looking for Labor: : Sean Kelly goes looking for Labor and finds a replica of the Howard government.
The old parties review the election outcomes: The victors are smug, the losers are trapped in a right-wing echo chambe.
The Australian election study: Another three years of the electorate and right-wing parties moving in different directions.
Observed in Canberra on 26 January: A scene from a spaghetti western is re-enacted on the Hill, without bloodshed.
Economics
Economic indicators and report cards: Short-term indicators are OK, but structural change is getting too little attention.
Capital gains tax reform: At last a well-considered proposal that restores CGT indexation.
On oligarchs annd the merely wealthy: The undeserving wealthy are a nuisance, but oligarchs can do great harm to democracy.
Public ideas
The lucky country: Five observers put their ideas about Australia’s future.
On antisemitism and Zionism: Three Australian Jewish public intellectuals discuss antisemitism and Zionism. It’s complicated.
January 26, 237 times over
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