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MYEFO was just another example of politicians playing favourites on infrastructure

  • Written by: Marion Terrill, Transport Program Director, Grattan Institute
imageWhere is federal road funding going?Shutterstock

The 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...

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Budget deficit hoo-ha is about 0.5% of GDP

  • Written by: Beth Webster, Director, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology

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...

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Why violence in Berlin is dangerous for democracy

  • Written by: John Keane, Professor of Politics, University of Sydney
imageA 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...

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Antimatter breakthrough sheds light on matter's shadowy twin

  • Written by: Igor Bray, Head of Physics, Astronomy and Medical Radiation Science, Curtin University
imageThere's a lot we still don't know about antimatter.Shutterstock

It 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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