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Books & Arts
The adaptable country
Jock Given
6 September 2013
What can Australians do? They used to make radios, TV sets and Volkswagens, writes
Jock Given
. After 2016, they won’t even be making Falcons
Essays & Reportage
Can we afford to get back on the rails?
Peter Mares
12 December 2012
Australia’s largest cities still rely heavily on massive investments in rail before the second world war. With renewed interest in rail as a way of dealing with congestion,…
National Affairs
Qantas: a ten-point plan
Tony Webber
2 November 2011
Former Qantas chief economist
Tony Webber
looks at the real problems behind the Qantas shutdown
National Affairs
Tax reform: a world of opportunity
Josh Dowse
28 September 2011
The Henry Report spelt out a series of tax reforms that would increase environmental and social sustainability, writes
Josh Dowse
. It’s great ammunition for a…
Correspondents
A shrinking continent
Xan Rice
25 July 2011
It’s becoming much easier to fly within Africa, writes
Xan Rice
as he visits the world’s newest nation
Essays & Reportage
Who should look after the cities?
Margaret Simons
2 June 2011
The federal government is showing signs of getting back into the urban planning business, reports
Margaret Simons
Correspondents
When Chinese migrant workers go home
Antonio Castillo
3 February 2011
It is the world’s largest annual migration of people – tens of millions of Chinese migrant workers reuniting with their families to celebrate the Lunar New Year.…
National Affairs
Paying for Australia’s infrastructure deficit
Nicholas Gruen
23 November 2010
Public–private partnerships have turned out to be an expensive way of plugging infrastructure gaps, writes
Nicholas Gruen
. The evidence shows that governments need…
Books & Arts
Retreat to the backyard
Peter Spearritt
7 October 2010
Peter Spearritt
looks at how traffic engineers and apartment developers are degrading Australian cities
National Affairs
Sydney adrift
Jim Colman
1 July 2010
Forty-one mayors and a state government in crisis means that no one is in charge of Sydney, writes
Jim Colman
Correspondents
London transported
Frank Bongiorno
9 February 2010
The congestion charge has helped make London work better for commuters, writes
Frank Bongiorno
Essays & Reportage
Trouble in the city
Peter Spearritt
22 October 2009
If you want to find out what’s happening in Australia’s cities today, don’t go to the glossy planning documents, writes
Peter Spearritt
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