Professor Stuart Kells

Enterprise Fellow, Melbourne Institute, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne; Adjunct Professor, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University

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Business & Economics

Money may make the world go round, but what is it exactly?

Why do we need to talk accurately about money? Because understanding it means we can all hold governments and banks to account

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Environment

Australia’s water tragedy has urgent lessons for America

There is less and less water in the US and Australia – and more and more people want it. Emulating Australia’s failing water market won’t help the US manage this precious resource

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Sciences & Technology

Always was and always will be Aboriginal water

If we really care about closing the gap we need a serious discussion about Indigenous water rights and Indigenous voices in water management

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Environment

How to undo Australia’s epic water fail

The failure of the Murray Darling Basin Plan is linked to poor political decisions but also to poor market design. The allocation mechanism for our most valuable tradable natural resource is now a gambling pit, so what can be done to fix this mess?

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Sciences & Technology

Climate change policy: The missing middle

In Australia, the COVID crisis has brought about bipartisanship and consensus, which are also urgently needed for effective climate change policy