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NSW budget
First big policy test for NSW Labor is budget repair
Robert CarlingSeptember 17, 2023AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

The NSW budget on September 19 will be the first big policy test of the...

degrowth
Degrowth proponents wrong to claim capitalism causes climate change
Simon Cowan, Gene TunnySeptember 9, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

Degrowth push to abandon capitalism, growth and innovation in the name of ecological purity would...

Uluru Statement voice to parliament 16x9
10 ways the Yes camp is twisting the truth on the Indigenous voice to parliament
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOAugust 30, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

Chris Kenny’s piece “Busting eight myths of the No Campaign” in ­Inquirer last weekend read...

IGR
Opportunity abounds in IGR. Can Chalmers and political class grasp it?
Simon Cowan, Matthew TaylorAugust 26, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

In a political world obsessed with the ultra-short term, the 2023 Intergenerational Report (IGR) launched...

Why do Yes campaigners fear public debate?
August 7, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

Allow me to do some self-promotion: the Sydney-based public-policy research organisation I head, the Centre...

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Labor shows hypocrisy in partisan political appointments
Simon CowanJuly 29, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

Many would be surprised at the coverage — and controversy — provoked by the appointment...

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