The structure of public problems
There are parallel conversations going on in social policy, says Matt Cowgill, "Values on one level, data another". How values and data interact is an...
Try cheating on your tax and fail: get slap on wrist
Today's Banking Day has the story of how Aussie John Symond avoided nearly $6 m in tax through an artificial arrangement which the Tax Office...
Magical explanations of the rise in obesity?
(warning: the below is a bit of a rant!) The obesity epidemic is not just one of the greatest (mental) health problems of our time,...
On Mr Rudds multitude of policy positions, or syntax without semantics.
“ they exert every variety of talent on a lower ground…and may be said to live and act in a submind”...... VS Naipaul “The...
How Low Can You Go?
Today was a pleasant day, right up until I came home and caught the news on ABC 24: Kevin Rudd has come up with the...
Is paying for votes really a bad thing?
Vote buying is a recurring theme in elections in ‘emerging democracies’. There are strong allegations it happened in the 2006 and 2012 Mexican elections. US...
The review of the Artist Resale Royalty Scheme : Part IV
Jon Altman is a Professor at the ANU Center for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research. His submission to the review is long and deeply grounded in...