As we all await for the Prime Minister to announce the date for the 2022 Federal Election, the Australian Electoral Commission began preparing for it the day after the last election in 2019. What is involved and what is the cost of running an election across the nation? The AEC's spokesperson, Evan Ekin-Smyth explains. And the French head to the polls this weekend in the first round of Presidential elections. In the last few weeks, polling shows a close contest with purchasing power as a number ...
Apr 07, 2022•29 min
As we all await for the Prime Minister to announce the date for the 2022 Federal Election, the Australian Electoral Commission began preparing for it the day after the last election in 2019. What is involved and what is the cost of running an election across the nation? The AEC's spokesperson, Evan Ekin-Smyth explains. And the French head to the polls this weekend in the first round of Presidential elections. In the last few weeks, polling shows a close contest with purchasing power as a number ...
Apr 07, 2022•29 min
The Money continues with the Federal Budget analyses but with a difference. Four younger economists, including three recipients of the Economic Society of Australia's Young Economist award, discuss how the budget stacks up when applying their specialist lens.
Mar 31, 2022•29 min
The Money continues with the Federal Budget analyses but with a difference. Four younger economists, including three recipients of the Economic Society of Australia's Young Economist award, discuss how the budget stacks up when applying their specialist lens.
Mar 31, 2022•29 min
If you could nominate what you wanted from next week's federal budget, what would it be? Join us on The Money as four people representing different parts of Australian life - the community, small business, employers and those under housing stress - answer this question. Cassandra Goldie, CEO of Australian Council of Social Services; Alexi Boyd, CEO of the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia; Innes Willox, Chief Executive at Australian Industry Group and Kate Colvin spokesperson for...
Mar 24, 2022•29 min
Inflation is on the rise, driven by supply shocks. Does the Reserve Bank of Australia need to do something about it? Sean Langcake, head of macroeconomic forecasting at BIS Oxford Economics explains.
Mar 17, 2022•29 min
Inflation is on the rise, driven by supply shocks. Does the Reserve Bank of Australia need to do something about it? Sean Langcake, head of macroeconomic forecasting at BIS Oxford Economics explains.
Mar 17, 2022•29 min
Insurance premiums are increasing with the frequency of climate induced natural disasters. The government is planning a reinsurance pool of $10 billion in the hope of making premiums cheaper. But this may not work as Antonia Settle from the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economics and Social Research explains.
Mar 10, 2022•29 min
This week as severe flooding causes havoc in south east Queensland and parts of NSW, two important, relevant reports were released. One by the Insurance Council of Australia outlining what the Federal and State Governments need to invest to protect against the cost of increasing climate disasters and one by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change with a very grim outlook for Australia if emissions aren't cut dramatically. Nicki Hutley, independent economist and Economist with the Climate C...
Mar 03, 2022•29 min
Does extending parental leave entitlements present a greater cost to the Australian economy or a benefit? The answer from economists and gender equality groups seem to agree, it is beneficial for all. Both socially and economically. These benefits extend to unpaid work at home. This does make sense when you listen to economist Jessica Mizrahi, Director at Accenture Australia and Vice President of the Economic Society of NSW and Mary Wooldridge, Director of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency. W...
Feb 24, 2022•29 min
It has been a bumpy few years with the pandemic and businesses have had to make huge adjustments. So how are they feeling about the future? Jeremy Thorpe, chief economist of PwC Australia shares the results of their annual survey of CEOs and explains why cybersecurity is the number one risk, as well as why businesses are focussing on the US and New Zealand.
Feb 17, 2022•29 min
Economist Jim Stanford argues supply and demand will not increase wages. What is needed is the political will and policies to lift wages, structures and institutions and an expanding public sector.
Feb 10, 2022•29 min
Economist Jim Stanford argues supply and demand will not increase wages. What is needed is the political will and policies to lift wages, structures and institutions and an expanding public sector.
Feb 10, 2022•29 min
How globalisation has altered the effectiveness of economic sanctions.
Feb 03, 2022•13 min
What needs to be done to improve the care in aged care.
Feb 03, 2022•8 min
Feb 03, 2022•29 min
Predictions and expectations abound from the Reserve Bank of Australia chief's speech this week.
Feb 03, 2022•7 min
Feb 03, 2022•29 min
What can the satirical film about a comet hurtling to earth teach us about economics?
Jan 27, 2022•8 min
The inequality of COVID-19 vaccinations is having a devasting affect on many developing countries. It is also costing the global economy in its trillions.
Jan 27, 2022•9 min
Jan 27, 2022•29 min
What do the recent economic indicators tell us about the state of our economy?
Jan 27, 2022•10 min
Meet an award winning, Aboriginal-owned construction and maintenance services business that’s part of the booming $4.8 billion Indigenous business sector. How the Nobel economics prize winners better estimated the effects of immigration and the minimum wage. Plus, the retail sector takes trust extremely seriously and is thinking about it in increasingly sophisticated ways. Guests: Gerard Matera, Director, building services company Marawar Professor Michelle Evans, University of Melbourne Indigen...
Jan 20, 2022•29 min
Meet an award winning, Aboriginal-owned construction and maintenance services business that’s part of the booming $4.8 billion Indigenous business sector. How the Nobel economics prize winners better estimated the effects of immigration and the minimum wage. Plus, the retail sector takes trust extremely seriously and is thinking about it in increasingly sophisticated ways. Guests: Gerard Matera, Director, building services company Marawar Professor Michelle Evans, University of Melbourne Indigen...
Jan 20, 2022•29 min
With tax income from lucrative trade routes and finance from countries such as China or Pakistan, how insulated are the Taliban from the western threat of sanctions and the freeze of international funds? Plus, opportunities for Australia's critical materials sector. Guests: David Mansfield , independent consultant, author of A State Built on Sand: How opium undermined Afghanistan @mansfieldintinc Jeffrey Wilson, Research Director, Perth USAsia Centre...
Jan 13, 2022•29 min
Cuckoo smurfing — what it is, how to spot it, how to make sure it doesn't happen to you. An Australian philanthropic foundation marks 135 years of helping people in need. What has changed in that time? Plus, Australian researchers find that business leaders are more optimistic about their company's profit outlook when the sun is shining Guests: Marcus Erikson, Director of Intelligence, AUSTRAC Stacey Thomas CEO, The Wyatt Trust Amanuel Elias, Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University...
Jan 06, 2022•29 min
A blast from the past offers a possible answer to growing wealth inequality. Three economists put the case for the resurrection of inheritance taxes. Plus, how social change happens. Guests Saul Eslake, Independent economist Ian Raspin, Managing Director, BNR Partners Danielle Wood, Chief Executive, Grattan Institute Damon Centola, author of Change: How to make big things happen...
Dec 30, 2021•29 min
The pandemic and subsequent economic crisis have shown how government is crucial for getting things done – like rolling out a vaccine or throwing the economy a lifeline. But what if the state aspired to do a lot more? Economist Mariana Mazzucato thinks that states need to rediscover grand ambition and in-house expertise to solve climate change and inequality. Plus, a look at the ups and downs of China's economy in 2021. Guests: Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Director, Institute for Innovation and ...
Dec 23, 2021•30 min
The pandemic and subsequent economic crisis have shown how government is crucial for getting things done – like rolling out a vaccine or throwing the economy a lifeline. But what if the state aspired to do a lot more? Economist Mariana Mazzucato thinks that states need to rediscover grand ambition and in-house expertise to solve climate change and inequality. Plus, a look at the ups and downs of China's economy in 2021. Guests: Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Director, Institute for Innovation and ...
Dec 23, 2021•30 min
Ransomware attacks across Australia have become a major problem for business, causing massive disruptions and costing millions to remediate. Recent attacks against Victoria's public health system, the local facilities of meat supplier JBS foods, and Nine Entertainment are part of an underreported problem. Australia is considered a soft target for attacks – what can be done and what should we look out for? Guest: Abigail Bradshaw, Head Australian Cyber Security Centre Australian Signals Directora...
Dec 16, 2021•11 min
