The puzzle Last month, federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers released the 2026 Intergenerational Report, and its productivity ...

Last Tuesday, the Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate to 4.6 per cent, a 15-year high, and, beyond the expected economic impacts, created a political problem for our leaders. Federal Treasurer Jim ...

Total state debt across the six states is set to reach $688 billion (27% of GSP) by 2025-26, led by Victoria ($226 billion) and NSW ($221 billion). For the general government sector (i.e. the ...

In the latest Economics Explored podcast episode, Adept Economics Director Gene Tunny takes a deep dive into one of the most consistently failed economic policies of the past century: price controls.

Copper prices have surged in recent years, as the chart below shows. Demand is booming, while supply can’t respond quickly. As I discussed recently on an Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance livestream, I ...

In recent times, there has been a fair amount of debate surrounding the “Great Reset” initiative suggested by the World Economic Forum. The WEF is an international organisation with a focus on ...

The Courier-Mail’s Steven Wardill weighed in on the Queensland public service hiring freeze in today’s paper. Adept Economics Director Gene Tunny spoke with Steven about the hiring freeze yesterday ...

Australians consumed approximately 2.1 kg of coffee per capita in 2021 (1). Two-thirds were consumed as instant coffee, and one-third as roasted coffee (e.g. percolator, plunger, or espresso machine).

Adept Economics Director Gene Tunny was recently in Toowoomba to meet with clients and took some time out to check out the Toowoomba Railway Goods Shed redevelopment (see photos below), an important ...

The 2024-25 federal budget is highly consequential, as I discussed in a 2024-25 federal budget review I co-authored with my colleague at the Centre for Independent Studies, Robert Carling.

The alarming reports of rampant fraud in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and the thriving black market in tobacco in Australia, a direct result of the very high excise duty, serve as ...