Public policy economist at large, temping at the FWC, visiting at TTPI/ANU, writing at home
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Dismayed at this news. I have been most fortunate to have a string of great bosses over my working life. Ron was the first of those, hiring me to work on the initial AWIRS in 1989-91.
In case friends and colleagues have not yet heard (sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings), Prof Ron Callus passed away suddenly on the weekend. Ron was an excellent scholar and mentor, gentle person, insightful observer of human foible and an all round good bloke 1/2
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I wanted to fling this book across the room so many times. Bloated, self indulgent and smugly imperious.
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Happened in Australia too a decade later, British dropping test bombs on sites known to be populated.
nma.gov.au/defining-moments/…
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Not a former PM, but was fabulous (and very in keeping) to have ex-Premier Don Dunstan run a thoroughly good restaurant.
Me on: Author, ambassador, commentator, critic? It's not always easy to earn a crust as a former PM theconversation.com/author-a… via @ConversationEDU
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This barely scratches the surface, far more endemic than this list suggests
The "revolving door" between consultancies and politics raises serious concerns of conflict of interest and a blurring of lines between public and private interests.
So just how big is the overlap? @antonknilsson and @peter_gearin found out [FREE TO READ]
crikey.com.au/2023/07/11/rev…
Snap - first place I looked to proof test this index was Salisbury, where I also grew up. Ludicrous to classify it as becoming exclusive. Junk science.
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Had monthly inflation in April been *zero*, the annual figure would still have come in at 6.5%.
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Excellent to see this finally arrive, governments have been wilfully blind for years, now they can just be wilful
We're creating an Australian Centre for Evaluation, to conduct rigorous impact evaluations, including randomised trials ministers.treasury.gov.au/mi… #auspol #randomistas @aesociety @jpal @evidencecomm @b_i_tweets
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Possibly the worst pie chart ever constructed
Economists award Chalmers top marks for budget, but less for fighting inflation: theconversation.com/economis… @AusEconSoc @ConversationEDU @ANUCrawford #ausecon #auspol
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First rate use of micro-administrative data, compelling work.
Research by Bob Breunig, David Hansell & Nu Nu Win finds that from 2001-2020, non-Anglo public servants were less likely to be promoted.
Eliminating discrimination & making the APS a model employer is a core part of Labor's reform agenda. andrewleigh.com/we_must_prom… #auspol
John Maynard Keynes
Elizabeth David
Haruki Murakami
George Orwell
Vita Sackville-West
Omitting collected works sets, what’re the top 5 authors in your library by number of books on your shelves? including both books by & about the author). QT with your answer:
1. C.S. Lewis
2. Augustine
3. John Calvin/John Piper (tie)
4. George MacDonald
5. John Webster
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Newsagent in our delightful small town #BWD has sold out of the AFR on post-Budget morning. High quotient of (retired) wonks.
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This is a great, if occasionally annoying, book
9) Why Australia Prospered - Ian W McLean
Accounts of economic development are often incredibly reductive, focusing on a singular driver. This history is an antidote to that tendency, detailing how the sources of growth in a single country, here Australia, have changed over time.
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A double yolker.
Thank God for @1petermartin, eh?
Journos whose every utterance a particular politician scrutinises can be *so* influential.
I can think of a few times where Martin has used his powers for good; and not one where he's used them for ill.
That makes him a good egg.
#RobodebtRC
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Long tradition going back to Joe Isaac of applied economists and industrial relations academics contributing to wages policy in Australia. Honoured to have been appointed.
Some excellent new appointments made this week to the Fair Work Commission. Congratulations to the new Expert Panel members:
@ProfMarianBaird
@leonora_risse
@EconoMarkinACT
#auspol #fairwork #industrialrelations
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