By Mark Bahnisch on December 6, 2008
Picking up on Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens’ remarks about “borrowing to invest” and not being afraid of a deficit if there are good policy outcomes to be had, eight prominent economists (including a couple of blogging ones) have written [...]
Posted in Climate change, Economics, Environment, Industrial Relations, Markets, Middle East, Policy, Sociology | Tagged economic management, economic policy, economists, eight economists, fiscal policy, fiscal stimulus, Gough Whitlam, Industrial Relations, infrastructure bank, Julie Bishop, Kevin Rudd, Malcolm Turnbull, Nicholas Gruen, open letter, policy process, Politics, public policy, Rudd government, super, superannuation, Wayne Swan |
By Mark Bahnisch on August 11, 2008
Unsurprisingly, the release of the government’s discussion paper on the pension system has prompted calls for immediate action. Perhaps the opposition were all waiting for Godot Costello somewhere because The Greens appear to have been first out of the starting [...]
Posted in Disability, Economics, Government, Policy, Politics, Poverty | Tagged aged pension, ALP, Australian Greens, carers allowance, disability pension, discussion paper, Jenny Macklin, Kevin Rudd, Labor, labor party, liberal leadership, open government, Pension review, Peter Costello, policy process, public policy, Rachel Siewert, Rudd government, social welfare |
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