Nearly ninety years ago, prime minister Billy Hughes announced a public private partnership to construct a nation-building communications network. Sound familiar? Jock Given writes.
Infrastructure
NBN: Pricey, but it’s building for the long term
Infrastructure doesn’t have to be profitable in and of itself to be of value, argues Stilgherrian.
NBN will be viable … but not Telstra
Getting infrastructure right in Australia is hard. It’s easy to bag politicians but the maths is always against them, writes Bernard Keane.
Why rail projects in NSW cost three times as much as they should
The gurus at Infrastructure Australia should be asking some hard questions because something seems terribly wrong with the cost of rail construction in NSW, writes Gavin Gatenby.
Rudd gettin’ busy with some nation building
Kevin Rudd wants to make nation-building fashionable again and it seems like the times suit him, writes Bernard Keane.
Kevin Rudd — the 76 billion dollar man
The Rudd Government needs a narrative, yes. But there’s a difference between promoting a narrative and chucking an idea a day into the news cycle, writes Bernard Keane.
Fixing politics: addressing our infrastructure shortfall
The issue of infrastructure investment perfectly illustrates the problems of our current political model. However, it is also the issue which is closest to being addressed successfully by a new approach from the Rudd Government, writes Bernard Keane.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people’s political coverage. Richard Farmer writes.
Economists: A three point plan for the new government
Sitting in his new office, feet on the desk, the afterglow of electoral victory is being tainted for new Treasurer Wayne Swan by the economic storm clouds gathering on the horizon. Crikey asked three leading economists for a three point plan on easing concerns about the economic outlook.
Rudd: I can feel economically responsible infrastructure coming on
The day before Labor holds its official campaign launch it is clear: this election is Kevin Rudd’s to lose, writes Christian Kerr.
Free broadband? The Australian government won’t let it happen
In the UK, News Corp is launching a free broadband service. But in Australia, the government, in its infinite wisdom, continues to allow Telstra to dominate Foxtel which means there is no way that it will facilitate Foxtel competing with its BigPond service. Why can’t we achieve a level of competition similar to that in […]
