Australian Economy
Where did all the money go?
The University of Melbourne's Policy Shop podcast considers the 2017 Australian Federal Budget, looking in particular at the deficit and housing affordability.
Sleepwalking into a deficit experiment
The Federal Budget will deliver Australia's ninth straight deficit, but the University of Melbourne asks where is the plan for affording our ageing population?
No pot of gold at end of Budget rainbow
Professor Ross Garnaut warns that Australia's over-optimistic budget update is obscuring the need to take action to boost the economy.
Why Australia needs a business plan
Australia's drop in the innovation rankings and the lack of collaboration between industry and universities are the focus of this episode of The Policy Shop.
Responsible mining doesn’t have to be an oxymoron
Mining in the 21st century can deliver the goods and be more socially and environmentally acceptable, a new book by Dr Sara Bice shows.
Election Watch: Australia 2016
Election Watch, a University of Melbourne website, that will
Reality versus rainbow world
Professor Ross Garnaut says the 2016 Budget Papers take Australians into a world where everything is OK, when it’s not.
Federal Budget 2016
2016 Federal Budget: University of Melbourne experts deliver their verdict.