Two interesting articles in the Australian Financial Review this week show that neither industry nor politicians understand what’s wrong with the mining assessment process. The stories were focussed on Queensland,.. read more
(UPDATED – See NW’s response at bottom) As I sat down to breakfast the other morning I was confronted with a difficult choice of reading material. On the one.. read more
Last year I blogged about some of the Victorian government’s ridiculous claims relating to carbon pricing. I was upset that the Victorian government had made sensational claims without releasing their.. read more
An article came out in Nature last week, titled “A market approach to saving the whales”. We’re always interested in whale-economics, having written reports such as Whale Watching Worldwide and What’s.. read more
First day back in the Economists at Large office, so a good time to think about the year gone by and the year ahead. In 2011 the word “fracking”, was.. read more
Finishing off a big year of looking at large, controversial coal projects, we reviewed the economic assessment of the Galilee/China First project on behalf of the landholders of the Bimblebox.. read more
We recently assisted Queensland’s Capricorn Conservation Council with a submission relating to the economic assessment of the Kevin’s Corner Coal project proposal. The economic assessment of the project, by consultants.. read more
When was the last time you made a $3 billion dollar error? OK, how about a $200 million dollar error? Still no? Have you ever added up a bill and.. read more
As promised in blog posts we have reviewed the Tourism Victoria and Ernst and Young Grand Prix economic assessment. We believe the Grand Prix does not provide a net benefit and.. read more
A few months ago I wrote a blog post about some of the misconceptions surrounding the ban on live cattle exports. My main point was that neither the supportors of.. read more
