Category Archives: Politics – national

Nuclear power – nirvana or nonsense?

Posted on October 8, 2024 by Ken Parish

The federal Coalition’s adoption of a policy involving government-owned construction of 7 nuclear power plants around Australia has raised an argument that most people thought was over 30 years ago or more. Labor and the Greens are opposed to it, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Politics - national, Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Sleep promotion takes off globally

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Nicholas Gruen

I recently published this musing in my Substack newsletter. And coming across a further free kick from the policy world — something that would have negative costs and do a lot of good — I thought I’d publish both. Think … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, Education, Innovation, Politics - national | Leave a comment

Figuring out the strange new rules of resource constraint

Posted on February 13, 2024 by David Walker

Just a decade ago, Australian labour was easy to find and infrastructure projects were often no-brainers. Now our economic times seem to have changed – and policymakers may need to adjust to a new set of rules. The world is … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, Employment, Immigration and refugees, Politics - national | 3 Comments

Democracy: doing it for ourselves

Posted on November 25, 2023 by Nicholas Gruen

Above is the video of a presentation I made at NESTA in London on 15th November with discussants Claire Mellior and Martin Wolf. I reproduce (AI generated) timestamps in the shownotes of the video below. 00:00 – Introduction and Overview … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, History, Innovation, Politics - international, Politics - national, Sortition and citizens’ juries | Leave a comment

Voice analysis

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Chris Lloyd

This post is rather long. If you want a point form summary, scroll down to the bottom. Secondly, this post does not represent the views of anyone else but me. As part of his pre-election platform, the now PM promised … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Indigenous, Politics - national, Race and indigenous | 27 Comments

The David Solomon Lecture: Government 2.0 a couple of years on . . .

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Nicholas Gruen

Finding a formatting mess when I looked this up on Troppo, I’ve reposted it here for the record. I’m a bit embarrassed by my wooden speaking style. Here’s the David Solomon Lecture I’ll be giving at the Brisbane Museum of … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Economics and public policy, Innovation, Philosophy, Political theory, Politics - national, Sortition and citizens’ juries, Web and Government 2.0 | Leave a comment

Morrison’s “secret powers” scandal: democracy is safe

Posted on August 21, 2022 by David Walker

Scott Morrison’s “secret powers” are being heralded in much of the media as proof that he was up to no good. The simpler explanation is that on governance issues, he was often just not much good. As a journalist and … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Journalism, Law, Politics - national, Uncategorized | 14 Comments