Australia should support the US abandonment of the TPP

The primary goal of “free trade” agreements is the promotion of rent-seeking by entrenching monopoly rights. Elizabeth Thurbon (University of NSW) and Linda Weiss (University of Sydney) explain that this is why the United States should abandon the TPP – and why Australia should support its abandonment.

How effective was the Cambodia refugee deal?

Madeline Gleeson (University of NSW) fact checks whether millions of taxpayer dollars were spent and “very few lives which were changed by that”.

PRRT explained: why aren’t we benefiting from the resource tax?

John Freebairn (University of Melbourne) explains how the petroleum resource rent tax works, why it isn't generating much taxation revenue, and an alternative taxation arrangement which may work better.