Tapping into aspirational Australia

It is our job as Liberals to convince people who just want to keep more of the money they earn, who just want a better life for themselves and their family, who want governments to help facilitate their ambition and not curb it, that we are the party for them. By Sussan Ley.

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Mind the gap

A report this week by the Grattan Institute offers clues as to how a Labor government might reduce the structural deficit which it estimates will rise to $100 billion if left unchecked by the end of the decade. The report’s title, “Back in black?” would be heartening were it not for the question mark which suggests that Grattan thinks that budget deficits from here to eternity are an actual option. By Nick Cater.

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Victoria's energy policy is all at sea

The Victorian government has conceded the state doesn’t have enough land to build wind turbines at the scale required to meet its carbon neutral goals using only renewables. Rather than exploring other low-carbon power sources, the government is doubling down on its renewables obsession by considering offshore wind turbines.  By Nick Cater.

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