Press Releases

Press Releases

Droughts, extreme weather and empowered consumers mean tough choices for farmers
This is an edited version of Steve Hatfield-Dodds’ opening address to the Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics National Outlook Conference to be delivered on 5 March 2019.The National Farmers…
Fast moves in India-Australia relations risk pushing millions more into modern slavery
This week the leaders of India and Australia reaffirmed their mutual interest in closer diplomatic and economic ties.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during their…
We depend so much more on Chinese travellers now. That makes the impact of this coronavirus novel
Australia has joined New Zealand, the United States, Indonesia, India, Israel and other countries in deciding to refuse entry to all foreigners flying from or who have recently been in…
Things to Know before You Go Remote
If you’ve seriously considered remote work as an option, you’re probably quite familiar with its benefits and drawbacks. However, you should also be aware that reality is sometimes very different…
Confirmation from NSW Treasury. Labor's negative gearing policy would barely move house prices
A drop in prices of 0.5% is no drop at all.ShutterstockThe pushback against federal Labor’s reforms to negative gearing is ramping up again with the release of NSW Treasury modelling.The…
Steps to register a business
We all know the basic reason behind starting a business is to gain a great profit by increasing the level of the capital. You have to find funding and lenders…
Be suspicious of claims the mining industry creates non-mining jobs
Ketut Subiyanto/Pexels, CC BYEmblematic of the sort of claims that put the “con” into economics was an assertion by the Queensland Resources Council last year that “the resources sector employs…
budget tax-upmanship as we head towards polling day
For the government this “election budget” is an exercise in juggling. On the one hand, it is throwing out voter bait. On the other, it is running hard on the…