Clean economy jobs pay better, employ more workers
One of the two biggest pressure points against the government’s carbon price plan is jobs (the other being concerns about cost of living). There’s an irony here: in a labour market which is no longer...
View ArticlePower shifts East?
It should have come as no surprise to anyone that the ‘resolution’ of the US debt ceiling crisis was belatedly greeted with the proverbial tumble on equity markets. The proximate cause may have been...
View ArticleDeficits, debt, etc: Bad for business, bad for the economy?
We learned last week that Joe Hockey plans to cut $70 billion from government spending (as he has to do to fund Tony Abbott’s Direct Action and parental leave policies, and to make up for all sorts of...
View ArticleBlueScope Steel, jobs and the mining boom
With the announcement that BlueScope Steel is shedding 1000 jobs at Port Kembla and Hastings, east of Melbourne, the reality of the so-called ‘two speed economy’ is starting to sink in. It’s not that,...
View ArticleCoal Seam Gas: Behind the Seams – media project and fundraiser
As LP readers will know, many bloggers have been concerned for a long time about the quality of public debate around contentious issues. Many of these issues are ‘wicked problems’ – scientifically and...
View ArticleBehind the Seams: The politics of restructuring or blinded by the coal dust?
Crikey’s website is down today, so I’m publishing my latest Coal Seam Gas: Behind the Seams post here. Coal Seam Gas well on the Baker property near Dalby. In writing about the controversy over a...
View ArticleBehind the Seams: The great CSG interview
Crikey’s website is down today, so I’m publishing my latest Coal Seam Gas: Behind the Seams post here. A Coal Seam Gas well being vented at twilight on the road between Tara and Dalby. While Coal Seam...
View ArticleBehind the Seams: Coal Seam Gas and the energy market
Crikey’s website is down today, so we’re publishing the latest Coal Seam Gas: Behind the Seams posts here. NB: You might like to consider donating to support the work of FAQ Research on our Coal Seam...
View ArticleBehind the Seams: Regulating Coal Seam Gas
Crikey’s website is down today, so we’re publishing the latest Coal Seam Gas: Behind the Seams posts here. NB: You might like to consider donating to support the work of FAQ Research on our Coal Seam...
View ArticleBehind the Seams: Interview with Kerry Shine MP
Crikey’s website is down today, so we’re publishing the latest Coal Seam Gas: Behind the Seams posts here. NB: You might like to consider donating to support the work of FAQ Research on our Coal Seam...
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