Weekly roundup Saturday 11 July
Roads and the transport sector — accumulated policy neglect.
Weekly roundup of links to articles, reports, podcasts and other media on current political and economic issues in public policy.
Australia’s energy transformation
Our neglected transport sector: a major source of emissions, with only weak incentives to decarbonize and an ineffective mechanism for road funding.
Attitudes on climate change: Australians’’ approach to climate change is increasingly based on political identity rather than on science.
Other economics
National debt scare campaigns: scare campaigns on national debt are misleading and discouraging governments from nation-building investment.
Wages and incomes: Wages have fallen but incomes haven’t — the distinction is important.
Politics
Privatize (or abolish) the ABC? Those who would profit from the absence of a public broadcaster have strident voices and superficially appealing arguments.
A proliferation of polls: we’re learning more about the Australian electorate, and it’s much more complex than an assumed “left” – “right” division.
Public ideas
Views of an optimistic progressive: don’t be distracted by Hanson, Farage, Trump’s cronies, Germany’s AfD, because worldwide, voters are swinging to the left.
Telecom outages
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