Stephen Long

Oct 3, 2024 | australiainstitute.org.au | Angus Blackman |Yasmine Wright Gittins |Polly Hemming |Stephen Long

By choosing to extend three coal mines, the government could be inadvertently redirecting construction workers from building houses to the fossil fuel industry. On this episode of Dollars & Sense, Greg explores the impact of the government’s coal mine extensions on the housing market and our climate. Greg Jericho is Chief Economist at the Australia Institute and the Centre for Future Work and popular columnist of Grogonomics with Guardian Australia.

Feb 17, 2024 | australiainstitute.org.au | Luciana Lawe Davies |Ebony Bennett |Stephen Long |Matt Grudnoff

Australians are paying prices that are too high, too often. This is the conclusion of an inquiry into price gouging by big business conducted by Allan Fels, former head of the watchdog Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Now, this may be as obvious as the nose on your face if you pay for things on a daily basis, but the idea that excessive corporate profits have anything to do with rising inflation and the rising cost of living has been a surprisingly controversial one in recent years.

Jul 16, 2023 | abc.net.au | Stephen Long |Raveen Hunjan |Meghna Bali |Jessica Longbottom

Dyldam was once a towering force. Its apartments still line the streets and light up the skyline of western Sydney. But for more than a decade, the Dyldam group has left a trail of misery behind it that includes bankrupt businesses, unpaid taxes, tradies denied payment for work they've done, suppliers ripped off, and anguished apartment buyers stuck with defective buildings — one built so badly it posed a hazard to human life.