Category Archives: investment

We have to talk about road transport

Posted on 24 October 2017 by Peter Boyer

Our car production lines are all silent, but there is a future for Australian manufacturing and it should include transportation.   Cars don’t mean a lot to me, and we all knew years ago that car production was ending in … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian politics, business interests, business, investment, employment, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, cars, climate politics, cycling, disruption, economic activity, economic restructuring, fossil fuels, international politics, investment, road - cycle, road - public transport, road freight, Tasmanian politics, transport, walking | Comments Off on We have to talk about road transport

What price will we pay for a job?

Posted on 10 October 2017 by Peter Boyer

Politicians are exploiting economic insecurity to put public resources into highly-questionable ventures. No-one should underestimate the fear that accompanies the threat of being sacked, the dismay that comes with being unemployed, or the lengths to which people will go to … Continue reading →

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Renewable energy and the battle to save Whyalla

Posted on 26 September 2017 by Peter Boyer

An unlikely marriage between a UK steel baron and an Australian economist may be a turning point in Australia’s crippling energy wars South Australia has always been our nation’s odd one out, ever since its first European settlement was founded … Continue reading →

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