Craig Emerson 20/3/26 Craig Emerson 20/3/26

European free trade deal shows global economic integration is not dead

The Australia-EU trade agreement has outsized benefits beyond the particulars of the deal and the estimated $10 billion increase in GDP it will deliver us.

Craig Emerson 7/3/26 Craig Emerson 7/3/26

Leading competition experts appointed as government revitalises National Competition Council and launches major review to boost labour mobility

Joint media release with

The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP
Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

The Hon Andrew Giles MP
Minister for Skills and Training

Craig Emerson 23/2/26 Craig Emerson 23/2/26

Talking tough on spending and immigration is the easy part for the Coalition

Craig Emerson 15/2/26 Craig Emerson 15/2/26

What the Liberal leadership change means for the party and policy

Craig Emerson 7/1/26 Craig Emerson 7/1/26

What sort of economy should be the goal of public policy?

Craig Emerson 1/1/26 Craig Emerson 1/1/26

Why a federal royal commission into the Bondi atrocity isn’t the right option

Craig Emerson 30/11/25 Craig Emerson 30/11/25

Anti-immigration has become a hot issue. Here’s why it’s wrong

Craig Emerson 14/11/25 Craig Emerson 14/11/25

A Coalition government would need to subsidise ageing and new coal-fired power stations

Craig Emerson 9/11/25 Craig Emerson 9/11/25

Graeme Richardson’s unheralded Australian environmental legacy

Craig Emerson 6/11/25 Craig Emerson 6/11/25

Why the RBA should ignore calls to raise rates

Craig Emerson 24/10/25 Craig Emerson 24/10/25

Will critical minerals be Australia’s next rainbow?

Craig Emerson 29/9/25 Craig Emerson 29/9/25

Sussan Ley’s Coalition is under siege from the ‘MAGA right’, and we all stand to lose

Craig Emerson 15/9/25 Craig Emerson 15/9/25

Australian high-level delegation to visit China offers opportunities

Craig Emerson 8/9/25 Craig Emerson 8/9/25

Conservative parties should not offer cover for racists

Craig Emerson 29/8/25 Craig Emerson 29/8/25

Ditching economic jargon for simple explanations makes reform possible

Craig Emerson 26/6/25 Craig Emerson 26/6/25

The Middle East – where the truth goes to die

Craig Emerson 12/6/25 Craig Emerson 12/6/25

Furphies, fetishes and fixes in the productivity debate

Craig Emerson 15/5/25 Craig Emerson 15/5/25

What Albanese’s new-look Cabinet tells us about his second-term agenda

Craig Emerson 5/5/25 Craig Emerson 5/5/25

The Liberal downfall is of its own making. Rebuilding won't be easy

Craig Emerson 17/4/25 Craig Emerson 17/4/25

Financial market disruption the most potent risk from Trump tariffs