John Quiggin

About the author

John Quiggin is an Australian economist, a Professor and an Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and a Laureate Fellow at the University of Queensland, and a member of the Board of the Climate Change Authority of the Australian Government.

Articles by John Quiggin

Australian government password rules are insecure nonsense

Thursday September 7, 2017
By John Quiggin

Features

The agencies dedicated to "protecting our secrets" are insisting on a password security method that even the Daily Mail knows is nonsense, writes John Quiggin.

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If we scrapped the states, increasing Canberra’s clout would be a backward step

Friday January 20, 2017
By John Quiggin

Features

Abolishing the states is a popular pipe dream with high-profile backers. But it would be an unworkable step backwards, argues economist John Quiggin.

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John Quiggin

About the author

Articles by John Quiggin

Australian government password rules are insecure nonsense

If we scrapped the states, increasing Canberra’s clout would be a backward step