Australia’s economy hangs on whether the Labor Party and trade unions can take a hard look at themselves and return to their roots as Australia’s greatest champions of a national bank.
While the government feigns concern about the economic impact of the pandemic response, and subjective knock-on effects like mental health, it is sitting on its hands as Australia faces a grave unemployment crisis.
Australian Unions, the nation’s peak body representing all trade unions, has issued a promising National Economic Reconstruction Plan to revive the economy from the impact of the COVID-19 p
A Parliamentary inquiry into diversifying trade and investment is an excellent opportunity for a public discussion of the immense benefits of a national development bank.
Under the emergency conditions of the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic in March, the Citizens Party proposed expanding the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) into an emergency national development bank to invest in crucial infrastructure and indus