Weekly roundup Saturday 19 September
Rudd returns from the imperial capital, bearing heretical ideas
Weekly roundup of links to articles, reports, podcasts and other media on current political and economic issues in public policy.
Economics
Polonius on superannuation: proposals to allow early withdrawal of super for housing have a superficial appeal, but they don’t stand up to considered scrutiny.
Interest rates: the strong expectation is that the RBA will raise rates but that will not address the drivers of price rises — why are we hostage to a failed economic model?
Kevin Rudd at the Press Club: Rudd has returned to Australia advocating an industry policy to strengthen our resilience.
Data centres: they’re just big storage sheds, without much ongoing benefit for Australia.
Economic reform: the path to economic reform is tortuous, and rarely runs in one direction.
Politics
The residualisation of public housing: Pauline Hanson’s attack on Albanese’s mother was bad manners and bad politics.
One Nation and the established parties: the political strategies adopted by other parties in response to One Nation’s provocations and policy proposals.
Immigration: what, exactly, is the problem?
Public ideas
On liberalism and monsters: liberalism forms the base of our values, but with an overlay of other values that often clash with the basic principles of liberalism.
Maps
If you have comments, corrections, or links to other relevant sources, I’d like to hear from you. Please send them to Ian McAuley — ian, at the domain name ianmcauley.com
