Business & Law

Night time silhouette of an industrial plant worker

Vital Signs: a simple way to cut carbon emissions – don't let polluters hide

24 Sep 2021

Disclosure requirements work, forcing companies to own up to their customers and investors.

Prime Minster Scott Morrison holds up the National COVID-19 Plan at a press conference

Australia's COVID plan was designed before we knew how Delta would hit us. We need more flexibility

21 Sep 2021

The problem with the plan to relax restrictions at 70 per cent and 80 per cent vaccination rates is it’s based on modelling that’s now obsolete.

A homeless person sits on a platform overlooking a Melbourne street

Vital Signs: we're doing well despite Delta, but 3 major economic challenges loom

17 Sep 2021

Australia faces economic problems down the road if three big, structural reform areas – housing affordability, the tax mix, and decarbonisation – are not addressed.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, August 30 2021: Queues of people waiting to get coronavirus vaccine outside Peanut Farm St Kilda walk-in covid-19 vaccination clinic. Crowds of young people lining up.

Australia is closer to 80% vaccination. Is it business' job to get us there?

16 Sep 2021

As Australia edges closer to vaccination rollout targets needed to open international borders, big businesses have been stepping up. But is it their role to speed up a government plan?

greens leader adam bandt at a lectern saying 'green new deal'

Vital Signs: the Greens' super-profits tax idea could end up burning muscle, not fat

13 Sep 2021

Taxing super profits sounds like a a good idea, but it’s hard to get right and there might be better ways to get more company tax.

Three young adults one wears a protective face mask

Is Australia's coronavirus bill a debt burden future generations must bear?

13 Sep 2021

Governments are spending at unprecedented levels. Where does this money come from, and are governments saddling young people with too much debt?

Australia's 'A' rating on human rights is under threat with a handpicked, politically engineered commissioner

10 Sep 2021

An open process for appointing commissioners is necessary to preserve the Human Rights Commission’s independence and legitimacy.

Police access to COVID check-in data is an affront to our privacy. We need stronger and more consistent rules in place

08 Sep 2021

State police have accessed QR code check-in data on at least six occasions, for investigations unrelated to the pandemic.

Introducing OzSAGE, practical expert advice for reopening Australia from COVID safely

03 Sep 2021

OzSAGE's first recommendations deal with ventilation and the measures that will have to accompany widespread vaccination.

A vaccinated person using the digital health passport app on their mobile phone.

Vaccine passports: More freedom, but at what cost?

31 Aug 2021

UNSW legal and software engineering experts look at the implications of vaccine passports and the impact on people’s liberty and safety.

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