Where is federal road funding going?ShutterstockThe latest Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook further entrenches the Commonwealth’s habit of playing favourites with the states when it comes to infrastructure spending.
MYEFO included modest new transport infrastructure spending of A$813 million and saved A$10 billion over four years by...
It’s hard to see what all the fuss is about. Australia’s GDP is roughly A$1,600 billion and the proposed budget deficit is about A$35 billion. So the net injection of demand into the economy by the government is less than 2.2% per year. Can someone tell me where the inflation threat is from this?
In fact, for real GDP to grow by 2% in...
A festive decoration hangs from the truck that ploughed into the Christmas market in Berlin.Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch“Stay at home and don’t spread rumours,” Berlin’s police chief tweeted last night as news spread of the shockingly violent assault on a Christmas market. The incident, now being widely described as a deliberate...
There's a lot we still don't know about antimatter.ShutterstockIt is a particularly exciting time to be a physicist, particularly in Australia. In mid-2012, the Higgs boson was discovered at CERN, and physicists from Melbourne contributed to the development of the ATLAS detector that participated in the discovery.
Then came the first direct...
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