A message from Professor Paul Kofman, Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics.

To date the scheme has cost more than $10 billion – or $12.7 billion in today’s dollars. Last financial year it paid out about $127 million. Over the next three years it is expected to cost $365 million. So what is it achieving? Not much, it turns out.

The war in Ukraine, COVID-19 and climate change are fuelling a growing global food crisis. Dr Medo Pournader warns that export bans implemented to maintain domestic food prices could result in further price hikes.

The Coalition and Labor parties have each produced election policies designed to help low and middle income earners buy homes. Who is likely to benefit from them and who is likely to suffer is far from obvious, and depends in part on the price of the homes on offer.

Rising out-of-pocket costs for health care is an important issue the major parties have not yet substantially addressed during the election campaign.

More than 100 Australian economists are advocating for a more generous policy for persons displaced by the war in Ukraine.