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Free the private sector to fix the power problem

This opinion article by Grant King was published by The Australian Financial Review on 21 June 2017. The Finkel report into the security of electricity supply has sparked a predictable debate about the best way to bridge energy and climate policy....

The social compact behind globalisation is failing

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian Financial Review on 20 June. Few corners of Australian society are being spared the impact of globalisation, yet those who are most vulnerable to our uncertain world economy are routinely missing...

Canberra needs eyes wide open

This opinion article by Brendan Lyon and Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian on 16 June 2017. Sydney is getting its long-overdue second airport and that is very good news for western Sydney — and the whole country. The federal...

Booking the Indigenous success dividend

This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott was published in The Deal magazine on 19 May 2017. Australians share a hardwired belief in fairness and progress. Yet for much of our history, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have not come close...

Only business can deliver on budget hopes

This opinion article by Grant King was published in The Australian Financial Review on 17 May 2017. Australia last recorded a budget surplus in 2007-08. Whenever surpluses have since been forecast they have not been achieved. Last week, the government...

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