Australia's Economy

Australia and Africa: Economic diplomacy is out of sync with investment ties
Australia and Africa: Economic diplomacy is out of sync with investment ties
Two West African nations report that Australia – and not France, the United States or China – is their largest foreign investor. Large Australia-linked energy and minerals…
Economic diplomacy: Pulling the right global value chain
Economic diplomacy: Pulling the right global value chain
Stepping up Late last month, the Albanese government took important steps towards dealing with two of the most debated developments in international economic relations since…
Fighting risk in everything, everywhere, all at once
Fighting risk in everything, everywhere, all at once
A big debate has kicked off about the interaction of security and the economy as being far more complex in the present than in the Cold War era, when the United States and Soviet…
Fiscal policy an essential tool for controlling the economy
Commentary
Fiscal policy an essential tool for controlling the economy
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review, 17 September 2023.
You can’t model what you don’t understand
Commentary
You can’t model what you don’t understand
Originally published in The Australian on 8 October 2023.
How should Australia react to Bidenomics?
How should Australia react to Bidenomics?
American economic policy has shifted towards government intervention, including industrial policy and away from free-trade. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan set out the…
Australia must play the geoeconomics game, or risk being side-lined
Australia must play the geoeconomics game, or risk being side-lined
Last month, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon stated geopolitics is now the biggest global risk to the economy. Australian business leaders on the receiving end of Chinese economic…
Five reasons why the government mustn’t cool its heels on an “Australian IRA”
Five reasons why the government mustn’t cool its heels on an “Australian IRA”
In a recent article in the Australian Financial Review, eminent energy economist Professor Frank Jotzo called for Australia to “stay cool, calm and collected” on the…
Great expectations: Australia’s elusive Southeast Asia vision
Great expectations: Australia’s elusive Southeast Asia vision
Nicholas Moore’s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy, a new government-commissioned report on Australia’s economic prospects in the region, is a detailed and comprehensive compendium…
Critical minerals, critical choices: Australia’s role in shaping the green revolution
Critical minerals, critical choices: Australia’s role in shaping the green revolution
Prime Minister Albanese sparked a mini controversy last month by wearing a Rio Tinto shirt with “Anthony” emblazoned on the chest pocket to a press conference in Karratha. He was…