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Election 2016: Higher Education

July 1, 2016 by Tom Crowley

Tom Crowley compares Labor, the Coalition and the Greens on higher education policy.

Election 2016: Marriage Equality

July 1, 2016 by Laura Foo

Laura Foo answers your questions on the marriage equality debate this election.

Election 2016: Childcare

July 1, 2016 by Priyanka Banerjee

Priyanka Banerjee unpacks the complex issue of Childcare policy

Election 2016: School Education

July 1, 2016 by ESSA Writers

Paris Henkel compares the major parties on education

Election 2016: Housing

July 1, 2016 by ESSA Writers

Michael Xing continues our election coverage with a look at housing policy.

Election 2016: The NBN

June 30, 2016 by ESSA Writers

In the first of ESSA’s election policy explainers, Asanga Seneviratne takes a look at the parties’ policies on the NBN.

The state of the state

February 21, 2016September 5, 2014 by ESSA Writers

In the lead up to the November state election, Brody Viney takes a look at how the Victorian economy is tracking.

Carbon cost: reflecting upon the repeal

February 21, 2016July 18, 2014 by ESSA Writers

Brody Viney ponders the intersection of economics and climate change policy.

Taxation gone topsy-turvy

December 4, 2019May 23, 2014 by ESSA Writers

In the shadow of the deficit tax, Brody Viney investigates the murky truth of Australia’s taxation history.

Making the best of Direct Action – Part 2

October 12, 2019January 25, 2014 by Kim Liu

Kim Liu puts forth an alternative way to auction off carbon abatement while maximising profits and corporate truth-telling.

Making the best of Direct Action – Part 1

October 12, 2019January 9, 2014 by Kim Liu

Kim Liu explains the Coalition’s carbon emissions policy, and why it’s so difficult to auction off pollution.

A voice of reason

February 16, 2016October 15, 2013 by Lachlan Walden

Despite the ministerial portfolio of communications not outwardly seeming closely related to economics, in the next few years it is shaping up to possibly be the most economically orientated area outside the treasury portfolio. Key upcoming policy decisions pertaining to broadband infrastructure, as well as likely deregulation of the telecommunications and media industries, are at the forefront.