As part of its election campaign the Centre Alliance party (formerly the Nick Xenophon Team) has proposed a referendum give the Commonwealth power to regulate the waters of the Murray-Darling Basin.

The proposal would amend the constitution to give the Commonwealth legislative power over:

the use and management of water resources that extend beyond...

The majority of Australians see climate change as the number one threat to national interests. However in 2018 Australia was ranked 55th out of 60 countries in a Climate Change Performance Index.

Research from the University of Melbourne found if all countries’ climate action was as inadequate as Australia’s, the world would be on track...

In 1995 I co-authored a paper with Diane Brown and Louise Malady which examined economic outcomes under Labor and Liberal governments in Australia to that time.

We found very little difference in the economic performance of the two sides of politics, once proper...