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Of the million or so new cars sold in Australia last year, only 0.7% were all-electric.
On Tuesday in the NSW budget, Treasurer Dominic Perrottet will announce a program of tax exemptions and incentives designed to make half of that state’s new sales electric by 2031.
While not as bold as plans in Ireland, Israel and the Netherlands to get to 100% by that date, NSW doesn’t have the power to limit imports that the federal government does.
A new poll by the Economic Society of Australia and The Conversation suggests Australia’s leading economists would endorse Perrottet’s plan and press the Commonwealth and the other states to go further.
What is it about electric cars that 51 of Australia’s most respected economists (out of 62 surveyed) are pushing for government action to speed their uptake, rather than leave things to the market?
They explain themselves in this morning’s piece.
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Peter Martin
Visiting Fellow
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Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Eight in ten of these surveyed by the Economic Society of Australia say it's the role of government to smooth the transition.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The Nationals are in fresh chaos, with Michael McCormack's leadership under intense pressure, as the parliament begins its last week before the winter recess.
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Katie Attwell, The University of Western Australia; Lara McKenzie, The University of Western Australia; Samantha Carlson, Telethon Kids Institute
In Australia, a preference for a particular brand of COVID vaccine is likely to change, depending on the latest health advice, and media reports.
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Kirsten Holmes, Curtin University; Judith Mair, The University of Queensland; Leonie Lockstone-Binney, Griffith University
Brisbane has the opportunity to create a new model for the Olympics: fewer permanent venues, less attention on one city and (hopefully) a more positive and less costly legacy.
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Dana Rezazadegan, Swinburne University of Technology
Have you ever been targeted with ads that are scarily specific to you, and wondered how the app or website could have known?
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Bill Laurance, James Cook University
As an economic superpower, China has far more left to do to ensure our planet remains liveable for vulnerable wildlife.
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Roadshow Films
Daryl Sparkes, University of Southern Queensland
From The Drover's Wife to a new Wes Anderson to the long-awaited Dune, it will be good to be back in cinemas again.
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Jair Bolsonaro’s administration is profoundly militarised.
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Gemma Ware, The Conversation; Daniel Merino, The Conversation
Plus, what the study of 700-year old garbage is revealing about who lived in Islamic Andalusia. Listen to episode 20 of The Conversation Weekly.
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Politics + Society
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Nader Habibi, Brandeis University
Ebrahim Raisi was declared the winner of Iran’s June 18 presidential election, which critics called rigged after his top opponents were disqualified.
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Robert Horvath, La Trobe University
Andrei Sakharov was one of the most brilliant scientists of the nuclear age. But he is best remembered today as one of the most fearless defenders of human rights around the world.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics.
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Tony Walker, La Trobe University
With a fragile new Israeli government in power, it is in both sides' interests for the violence to stop. But, as has so often been the case, that peace is unlikely to hold.
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Science + Technology
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Dana Rezazadegan, Swinburne University of Technology
Have you ever been targeted with ads that are scarily specific to you, and wondered how the app or website could have known?
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Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University; Nathalie Collins, Edith Cowan University
As winter draws in, Australians don't just have to prepare for tax time — they must also be on the watch for scams.
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Environment + Energy
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Anthony Richardson, RMIT University
Could this disaster have been avoided? And under climate change, how can we prepare for more events like this?
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Arts + Culture
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Justin O'Connor, University of South Australia; Julian Meyrick, Griffith University; Tully Barnett, Flinders University
Two reports — from think tank A New Approach and ex-Grattan Institute director John Daley — say Australian art and culture hasn't advocated for itself effectively. But we need to try something new.
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Cities
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Philip Laird, University of Wollongong
Regional NSW, home to a third of the state's population, is still waiting for the promise of faster train travel to be delivered. Other states improved their regional services years ago.
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Business + Economy
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Thalia Anthony, University of Technology Sydney
The first class action on stolen wages against the Commonwealth seeks compensation for wages owed to Aboriginal workers in the Northern Territory.
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Health + Medicine
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Hassan Vally, La Trobe University
Our brains cannot easily understand tiny risks so we tend to overestimate them. That's when we need a little extra help to make the best decisions about our health.
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Ralph N. Martins, Edith Cowan University
Clinical trials of the drug have shown mixed results.
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