Professor Carolyn Evans is the Chair of Universities Australia and Vice- Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.
Analysis from David Speers
Chalmers promised action on inflation and productivity.The scorecard on both is grimAs political pressure mounts from the left and right, the risk is that pursuing more short-term relief will only make the government’s long-term challenge harder.
AI industry left to police itself as bleak warnings mountThe capacity of Andrew Forrest to dream big about jumping on board the AI revolution while at the same time acknowledging the technology could end us all is a perfect example of the dilemma being confronted at the UN this week.
Hanson risks accusations of political point-scoringBy speaking publicly about the threats she’s facing, the One Nation leader has shone a light on a growing problem facing our democracy but pinning them on routine political rhetoric risks accusations of political point-scoring.
Albanese’s rare concession in the energy wars is revealingAs is so often the case in Australia, the politics came down to a fight over energy.
Labor has made the most of its cooperation with the CoalitionFights over immigration, superannuation, housing, tobacco excise and data centre rules will continue and intensify.But this was a week for cooperation.
Six months into the job, Taylor is taking a detourBehind the scenes, Angus Taylor and Anthony Albanese have been engaged in a rare level of cooperation this week, but in public the opposition leader is using the melon saga to mount an all-out assault on the prime minister’s character.
Labor’s migration test looks different to Howard’sIf stopping asylum seeker boats was the great immigration challenge in decades past, achieving a lower Net Overseas Migration (NOM) figure has become the new political test.
Why Jim Chalmers is cautious but upbeatAfter delivering a pre-election prediction that “the worst of the inflation challenge is behind us”, only to see inflation then steadily rise, Treasurer Jim Chalmers is now more cautious.
Labor’s members to debate gas and gamblingAnthony Albanese may have been a keen participant in robust conference debates in years gone by but is now using his authority to enforce a much more controlled process.
Polling whets Labor’s appetite for reformThe slight recovery in Labor’s polling shifts assumptions about what’s in store for the remainder of this parliamentary term..
