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Ken Henry

Ken Henry

Dr Ken Henry is an economist who served as Australia’s Treasury secretary from 2001 to 2011.

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service will receive an additional $60 million in funding to support the park’s establishment, on top of an $80 million injection in 2023.

My dad was a sawmiller; national parks make more money than logging

Native forest logging is a sunset industry that has cost the NSW taxpayer about $200m over the past four years. But a national park could be worth $100m a year – and save koalas.

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Environmental law reforms are critical to productivity

More than two decades of poor productivity growth has cut 40 per cent off the average income of Australian workers. The government must act.

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Cowardly politics is robbing our children blind. It’s time to be brave

Whoever wins the May 3 federal election, this is their challenge: dare to end decades of intergenerational theft.

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Dutton presumes to know what voters want on the Voice. They told him at the election

Australians have had enough of contrived political game-playing for self-serving, personal advantage.

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