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Blanche d’Alpuget wasn’t just Bob Hawke’s wife. She was a fierce intellect who only saw the good in people
Craig Emerson 15/9/26 Craig Emerson 15/9/26

Blanche d’Alpuget wasn’t just Bob Hawke’s wife. She was a fierce intellect who only saw the good in people

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In a world of AI, how can we tax the robots that replace humans?
Craig Emerson 15/9/26 Craig Emerson 15/9/26

In a world of AI, how can we tax the robots that replace humans?

Humans who go to work pay income tax. Robots work around the clock and pay nothing. As AI takes over more jobs, how will the Australian Taxation Office tax the value that robots create?

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How to debate immigration rationally without waging culture wars
Craig Emerson 17/4/26 Craig Emerson 17/4/26

How to debate immigration rationally without waging culture wars

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Demands that the Albanese government do nothing amid the energy crisis are absurd
Craig Emerson 8/4/26 Craig Emerson 8/4/26

Demands that the Albanese government do nothing amid the energy crisis are absurd

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The Liberals engineered their own demise in SA, and the federal Coalition may do the same
Craig Emerson 25/3/26 Craig Emerson 25/3/26

The Liberals engineered their own demise in SA, and the federal Coalition may do the same

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European free trade deal shows global economic integration is not dead
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.

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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

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Talking tough on spending and immigration is the easy part for the Coalition
Craig Emerson 23/2/26 Craig Emerson 23/2/26

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

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What the Liberal leadership change means for the party and policy
Craig Emerson 15/2/26 Craig Emerson 15/2/26

What the Liberal leadership change means for the party and policy

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What sort of economy should be the goal of public policy?
Craig Emerson 7/1/26 Craig Emerson 7/1/26

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

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Why a federal royal commission into the Bondi atrocity isn’t the right option
Craig Emerson 1/1/26 Craig Emerson 1/1/26

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

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Anti-immigration has become a hot issue. Here’s why it’s wrong
Craig Emerson 30/11/25 Craig Emerson 30/11/25

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

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A Coalition government would need to subsidise ageing and new coal-fired power stations
Craig Emerson 14/11/25 Craig Emerson 14/11/25

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

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Graeme Richardson’s unheralded Australian environmental legacy
Craig Emerson 9/11/25 Craig Emerson 9/11/25

Graeme Richardson’s unheralded Australian environmental legacy

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Why the RBA should ignore calls to raise rates
Craig Emerson 6/11/25 Craig Emerson 6/11/25

Why the RBA should ignore calls to raise rates

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Will critical minerals be Australia’s next rainbow?
Craig Emerson 24/10/25 Craig Emerson 24/10/25

Will critical minerals be Australia’s next rainbow?

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

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Australian high-level delegation to visit China offers opportunities
Craig Emerson 15/9/25 Craig Emerson 15/9/25

Australian high-level delegation to visit China offers opportunities

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Conservative parties should not offer cover for racists
Craig Emerson 8/9/25 Craig Emerson 8/9/25

Conservative parties should not offer cover for racists

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Ditching economic jargon for simple explanations makes reform possible
Craig Emerson 29/8/25 Craig Emerson 29/8/25

Ditching economic jargon for simple explanations makes reform possible

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