4 keys to post-pandemic leadership

Leadership is a personal journey and business leaders need to commit to developing their own skills. No one is perfect or has all the answers, but good leaders should not be afraid to fail.

The economic wisdom of King Solomon

Good people are still able to make bad decisions, and so research into ways to systemise better decision making through ‘implementation theory’ is proceeding apace.

Technopopulism – The new logic of democratic politics

Christopher Bickerton and Carlo Invernizzi Accetti describe, define and diagnose what they consider to be a new logic of democratic politics: the merging of populist and technocratic modes of governance that they label ‘technopopulism’.

Carbon politics over policy

Scott Morrison’s new carbon plan seems more about appeasing his critics on both sides of the political spectrum than actually committing Australia to the battle against climate change.

Watching the watchdogs

Many current COVID-19 recovery plans are not compatible with the Paris Agreement on climate change and will have long-term health implications, according to a global report featuring Australian authors.

Albanese needs to walk the talk on Labor’s integrity issue

The Labor leader has campaigned relentlessly against the government on a range of integrity issues and so to soft pedal on his party’s own ‘branch stacking’ scandal smacks of double standards and a failure of leadership.

Ed Husic’s address to the 2021 GAP Summit

Ed Husic, Labor’s Shadow Minister for Industry and Innovation, addressed Global Access Partner’s 2021 Summit on the New Normal on 8 October.

What now for Federal Labor?

Anthony Albanese is more popular than some of his predecessors, but voters also don’t have a clear sense of who he is and what he offers.

The lucky country no longer?

The economic and social effects of the pandemic, and measures taken to combat it, have exposed weaknesses and fault lines which must be address in the post-COVID recovery.

A question of integrity

Are anti-corruption commissions, and their role in rooting out political wrong-doing, set to come under new attack in Australia?

How will Gladys be remembered?

Gladys Berejiklian will be remembered as premier of NSW for her resilience, level-headedness, crisis management skills, and administrative competence — and, of course, the ICAC investigation that toppled her.

Revitalising Australian democracy

Today’s “International Day of Democracy” and Joe Biden’s forthcoming Summit for Democracy should prompt a greater focus on renewing Australia’s democratic system.