In August, Liberal MP Peter Phelps issued a fierce roar in the New South Wales House of Lords, saying that the traffic lights were “Bolshevik threats.” He believes that traffic lights are in line with the state’s suppression of individual freedom. Instead, he demanded that we need more roundabouts: “The roundabout represents freedom. The roundabout…
The release of the 2016 Census data provides a good opportunity to reflect the future growth of Australian cities. Is there a better future use case than Tokyo? The city is often the subject of a futuristic vision and has experienced one of the fastest post-war population growth periods in the world. The Greater Tokyo…
According to Commsec’s state market reports, Victoria has earned the title of Australia’s best performing economy. Due to its strength in economic growth, retail, job market and construction, Victoria’s overall economic performance ranked first for the first time in three quarters. The new state, which previously occupied the top spot with Victoria, is ranked…
The Morrison government will invest A$500 million to help island countries in the Pacific region invest in renewable energy. The Australian government hopes this will help Pacific island countries strengthen their ability to cope with climate change and natural disasters. Leaders of Pacific island countries have also called on Australia to take more steps to…
Philip Lowe, the RBA’s President, warned that the cap on civil servants’ pay was contributing to low wage increases and wanted to raise it to at least 3%. Lowe told a congressional economic committee on Friday that federal and state pay caps of 2 to 2.5 percent are helping to hold down wages by regulating…
Trade minister Simon Birmingham has some advice for his coalition colleagues: think before you speak. In an opinion piece last week Andrew Hastie, a liberal backbench mp, compared China’s rise to Germany’s. “I want to encourage my colleagues, in fact anyone who wants to comment on sensitive diplomatic issues, to think about a few things…
We live in a global urban age. Australia’s major urban areas are expanding rapidly. Melbourne had 91,600 residents in 2014-15, an annual growth rate of 2.1%. It is one of the fastest growing cities in the developed world. Other big Australian cities have also seen rapid growth over the past year – Sydney at 1.7…
Former Treasury Secretary Peter Costello said that if the US-China trade war escalates, the savings of Australian retirees will be erased. The former Union Party Finance Minister Peter Costello warned that if the Sino-US trade war continues, the Australians will suffer great losses. The savings of retirees throughout their lives will be impaired. According to…
Governments at all levels have invested heavily in greening the Australian suburbs. However, in a recent report, we showed that the greening work of most metropolitan local governments is actually going backwards. This is a problem because greening has obvious environmental and economic benefits. Environmental benefits are obvious and relatively easy to calculate. For private…
According to the Domain website, research shows that if the outer suburbs of some big cities in Australia live in the center of the sub-developed areas, the economic situation will actually be better. A new Regional Australia Institute report released on Wednesday showed that if urban residents move to a sub-developed town, their income will…