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Full Cobbora coal piece

Posted on April 5th, 2013 · Posted in Blog

I had an op ed piece in yesterday’s Sydney Morning Herald about the economic assessment of coal and coal seam gas projects.  The piece was originally longer and focussed more.. read more

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Breaking News – No News on Maules Creek

Posted on February 7th, 2013 · Posted in Blog

It’s not often the Economists at Large website breaks the big stories, but here is a scoop – Environment Minister Tony Burke has delayed his decision on whether to permit.. read more

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Victorian Events Industry Council lobbies against Victorian Tourism Industry Council members

Posted on January 28th, 2013 · Posted in Blog

A press release from the Victorian Events Industry Council put out last week at first seems unsurprising.   The first line of the press release should be enough for you to.. read more

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Maules Creek Mine in the news

Posted on January 9th, 2013 · Posted in Blog, News

Update: Rod’s piece in the SMH got quite a bit of attention.   Whitehaven Coal’s Maules Creek Mine has been in the news this week, after anti-coal activist, Jonothan Moylan,.. read more

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Major Events Mathematics in the Australian Grand Prix Corp Annual Report

Posted on December 18th, 2012 · Posted in Blog

We recently looked at Tourism Victoria’s use of Major Events Mathematics in analysis of the Australian Grand Prix, claiming the event brought Victoria $35.6 million dollars of “media value”, despite.. read more

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Don’t blame the tools, blame the zombies.

Posted on December 12th, 2012 · Posted in Blog

The Australia Institute ran a training day on economics for conservationists at the 60L building last week. I popped my head in afterwards because I was working just upstairs at.. read more

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Barnett decades behind on economics

Posted on December 7th, 2012 · Posted in Blog

One of our goals here at Economists at Large is to call out bad economics.  I just can’t let a short article by Andrew Burrell published in  The Australian  newspaper.. read more

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Comperio Research: Masters of Major Events Mathematics

Posted on November 28th, 2012 · Posted in Blog

Earlier this year I mentioned that the last straw of economic credibility the Australian Grand Prix had was Tourism Victoria’s assertion that it “provides a media or advertising-equivalent value of.. read more

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Channel Deepening Project: Dredging up what we told them in 2007

Posted on November 20th, 2012 · Posted in Blog

The Vic Auditor General has found that the Port Philip Channel Deepening Project (CDP) isn’t delivering the promised benefits.  Saying “I told ya so” can be very satisfying, but only.. read more

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Maules Creek PAC decision: Is environmental economics relevant anymore?

Posted on October 29th, 2012 · Posted in Blog

In the last couple of years much attention has been focused on the relevance (or lack thereof) of economics for policy making.  As an economist interested in environmental issues, I’ve often asked.. read more

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