Andrew Leigh
Shadow Assistant Treasurer
Andrew Leigh is the shadow assistant minister for Treasury and Charities, and Federal Member for Fenner in the ACT. Prior to being elected in 2010, Andrew was a professor of economics at the Australian National University.
Australia is fighting blindfolded through a recession because the government refuses to measure and publish the figures that matter the most.
Can we really say Australia has "good" unemployment rate when 21% of Indigenous Australians can't find jobs?
Scott Morrison could learn a lot from a few parents looking for babysitters in America, and not just because his frontbenchers have a habit of spitting the dummy.
Monopolies are increasingly forcing Australian consumers to settle for little choice, low quality and high prices. Tighter controls on mergers could flip the story.
Australia faces too many challenges for those in media and politics to fight in the daily battle of shielding friends and wounding enemies.
