Category: cost of living
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Granting disproportionate airtime to Pauline Hanson and One Nation does not advance policy debate. Still, her recent commentary prompted me to ask a fundamental question: how would such a policy actually be implemented? Stripping away the inflammatory rhetoric and emotional reactions reveals a complex mechanism that demands a factual, detailed examination. Regardless of how extremist…
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The Victorian government just walked onto the street and started throwing fistfuls of money around. It’s hard to think of a more shameless, flagrant, simplistic vote-buying exercise. Will it work? Well, it’s certainly hard to take the government seriously, and in an age of tremendous geopolitical and economic uncertainty, you’d like to think the adults…
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Sadly, the state of debate on housing remains dismal. Politicians have been repeatedly called out for peddling policies that exacerbate the problem, driven by short-term electoral gain. The OECD has 22 recommended policies to make housing more efficient, more inclusive and more sustainable. ⭐ items are the remit of the state government. Governments have run…
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The Power Saving Bonus should be retained and expanded, and other subsidy programs scrapped. Reduce the cost of administering the patchwork of schemes and deliver relief directly to people who need it. Cost of living is the key issue in this election. Inflation is rising, exacerbated by the current spike in petroleum prices due to…
Mel Yuan for Brunswick 