About the author Dr Geoff Edwards is adjunct professor at the Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University and a former state public servant and local government councillor.
Premium Insights and analysis Some plausible scenarios Australian governments may face in, say, 2030 Friday September 3, 2021 By Geoff Edwards Editors' Picks A sample of the potential challenges that lie ahead for Australian governments and policy makers in the light of IPCC 6.
Premium Insights and analysis Governing in the public interest is about to become much harder Friday August 20, 2021 By Geoff Edwards Communications & Technology Here is just a sample of the policy initiatives that a prudent government should take in response to IPCC 6, not ranked in any particular…
Premium Insights and analysis Who shall rescue us from the meddlesome priests of ‘budget discipline’ rhetoric? Budgeting in the public interest post-COVID, part IV Thursday April 15, 2021 By Geoff Edwards Economy & Industry The federal budget is diverted from continuous provision of public goods to ad hoc projects. Part IV of Geoff Edwards ‘Budgeting in the public interest…
Premium Insights and analysis Generating jobs and natural capital in regional Australia. Budgeting in the public interest post-COVID, part III Thursday April 8, 2021 By Geoff Edwards Economy & Industry Geoff Edwards outlines a few programs to generate employment in rural/regional Australia while restoring natural capital, in part III of 'Budgeting in the public interest…
Premium Insights and analysis ‘A discretionary $60 billion is ripe for disbursing’. Budgeting in the public interest post-COVID, part II Thursday March 25, 2021 By Geoff Edwards Economy & Industry The annual budget is a statement of high policy by the government that passes it. No matter what grand announcements are made during the year,…
Premium Insights and analysis ‘Eschew sugar hits to sectoral beneficiaries’. Budgeting in the public interest post-COVID, part I Thursday March 18, 2021 By Geoff Edwards Editors' Picks Public budgeting is not easy. Yet governments make it more difficult for themselves by assuming that boosting the economy is the primary objective of public…
Premium Columnists The federal gas-fired strategy: so brazen, it’s a lesson in how not to craft policy Friday October 2, 2020 By Geoff Edwards Economy & Industry It’s impossible for an external observer to know how widely the gas-fired recovery plan was consulted around the public service, but it’s reasonable to assume,…
Drought policy? Government handouts won’t prepare broadacre agriculture for a self-reliant future Thursday November 28, 2019 By Geoff Edwards Energy & Environment The business model on which Australia’s rural landscapes have been settled is unravelling before our eyes. Australian agricultural industries will not be restored by a…
Publicly funded research is the source of scientific knowledge economy Friday July 12, 2019 By Geoff Edwards Economy & Industry The continual search for budget efficiencies imposes enormous operational inefficiencies upon the gathering, publication and application of scientific information, in what amounts to an assault…
Economic profit impossible if the Murray-Darling keeps eroding Tuesday March 12, 2019 By Geoff Edwards Editors' Picks Dr Geoff Edwards discusses balancing economic, social and environmental outcomes of the Murray-Darling river.
Rural policy needs more than a one-day drought summit Thursday October 25, 2018 By Geoff Edwards Economy & Industry A well-informed national policy on drought preparedness is sorely lacking, says Dr Geoff Edwards.
Pre-selection of candidates for political office is failing us Friday September 21, 2018 By Geoff Edwards Editors' Picks Our national governance is failing because the process for selecting political leaders is inadequate for the role that our system of government assigns to them.
