Jun
06
The upside of falling EV prices
Lower electric vehicle prices are the result of healthy market competition, not a bubble bursting.
7 min read
Technology
May
01
eSafety and the market for ideas
Australia's eSafety commissioner has been given the impossible task of censoring "harmful" online content - globally. Instead of a censorship tzar of debatable value, a better approach might be to focus resources on promoting critical thinking and demand-side interventions to reduce harmful content.
11 min read
Mar
20
Rethinking the National Broadband Network
The NBN was a costly mistake that has failed to earn a commercial return, hindered competition, and its business model is being undermined by new technologies. Might it be time to rethink the experiment?
10 min read
Mar
05
Death by a thousand links
Facebook leaving Australia shows that the media bargaining code backfired. The government misdiagnosed the problem and harmed consumers while benefiting the big media companies. It's time to cut our losses, accept that the code was a mistake, and focus on real solutions to support local media.
8 min read