Stradbroke Island has been in the news recently, following revelations that Belgian mining company, Sibelco, spent $91,000 at the last Queensland election in a successful attempt to unseat a politician.. read more
For much of this year Economists at Large has been lucky to have Georg Molz helping out on various projects. Now he turns his Teutonic talents to examining his homeland,.. read more
The excitement of reporting season is here and in pole position for the Chairman’s report optimism race is GP Chairman, Ron Walker in the Grand Prix corp’s annual report: I am.. read more
I’d like to begin this post with a short quote from an episode of the cartoon, Futurama: That 80s Guy: Gutsy question. You’re a shark. Sharks are winners and they don’t.. read more
According to an article in the Herald Sun (Plea to delay east-west link slammed, July 31 2013), The Victorian Government has said that delaying the signing of contracts for the.. read more
Julian Burnside had a good opinion piece in The Age today about asylum seekers (“You’ve been misled on boat people: here are the facts“). Julian supports in-community processing of asylum.. read more
In a pre-election manoeuvre designed most probably to diminish carbon pricing as an election issue, Prime Minster Rudd has announced details about the plan to move to floating price for.. read more
I just had a quick look at a report written by PwC for the NSW Minerals Council, Potential to unlock value in the mining sector through planning reforms in NSW (you.. read more
We are delighted to read in the news today that the NSW government is pulling out of the Cobbora Coal project, proposed for near Dunedoo. The original idea was that the.. read more
Yes, that’s how Australian Grand Prix Corporation CEO Andrew Westacott recently described Economists at Large. He was responding to our report for Save Albert Park, Blowout! A cost benefit analysis.. read more
