News
As a replacement for last Friday's missing Fodder courtesy of the long weekend, here are a few short takes for you to muse over to start your week, from last week's happenings that probably didn't need a full post. 1. An easy-sounding fix for
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I'm honestly not sure why Albo was willing to risk so much political capital on a relatively small distributional change just to get his very own Oprah moment. But the whole stage 3 tax cut song and dance is a recurring sideshow to a much, much deeper issue: bracket creep.
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I fired up my crystal ball and took a bit of a punt on this one. Well, not really, but if you're interested in my thinking on when the RBA might start cutting rates (hint: not anytime soon) then you should check it out.
News
Here are a few short takes for you to chew over on the weekend, from the week's happenings that probably didn't need a full post. 1. Protecting us from ourselves I was scrolling through the AFR last Sunday, as one does, and noticed the following headline:
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I'm going to venture out beyond our borders today because what's happening in Argentina is quite possibly the wildest reform experiment the world has seen... ever. And believe it or not, the results could offer some important lessons for Australia. A bit of background For those
Environment
This is why we can't have nice things. Last week, federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek decided to block Victoria's Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal, a port that would have been used for the state's planned offshore wind industry, citing the damage it would cause to
News
Here are a few short takes for you to chew over on the weekend, from the week's happenings that probably didn't need a full post. 1. A lot happens at sea that we don't know about A new study in Nature used satellite mapping
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Over the past couple of years, food in Australia has become expensive. So much so that even politicians have started to (belatedly) take notice. That's usually a good sign that there's going to be some kind of policy response, once the various reviews are completed and
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I thought I'd kick the year off by commenting on perhaps the biggest issue facing the average Australian last year, and one that looks set to continue in 2024: inflation and the cost-of-living crisis. According to the ABS: "The rise in annual living costs for employee households
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First of all, hello and welcome! I suppose I had better start with a quick summary of what Aussienomics is, although most of that is in the name: it's a newsletter about economics with a specific focus on Australia. It is written by me, Justin Pyvis, an economist
Population
The numbers are in: in 2022-23, Australia’s population grew by 624,100 people, or around 2.4%. That’s a huge figure – a record, in fact – and it was driven by the net addition of 518,090 overseas migrants. As you might expect, the media jumped all over it:
Employment
When COVID-19 struck, the Australian government – along with just about every government around the world – unleashed unprecedented support for workers who were at risk of losing their jobs due to the various health-related restrictions on business activity. One of the talismans of the Scott Morrison/Josh Frydenberg government’s response