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John Quiggin
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Economist & blogger @ http://johnquiggin.com, http://crookedtimber.org. http://johnquiggin.substack.com/?utm http://mstdn.social/@johnquiggin
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John Quiggin is an Australian economist, a professor at the University of Queensland. He was formerly an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Federation Fellow and a member of the board of the Climate Change Authority of the Australian Government. .. more

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 14h
Protest against uncontrolled aircraft noise pollution in Brisbane tomorrow. I will be speaking. BFPCA Community Town Hall 2026
BFPCA Community Town Hall 2026
A line-in-the-sand community town hall by BFPCA. Appeals are exhausted. If change is to happen, we must escalate together. This event tests whether we’re ready.
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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 16h
Book club frauds are a new class of scams, apparently powered by LLMs. Offer to discuss books at a club with plausible looking website turns into pitch for paid promotions
Yes, All Those Author Services and Book Club Emails Are Fake, and No, Don’t Send Them Any Money
If you’re an author, or honestly if you just happen to be standing near an author these days, then you have probably seen a flood of emails in the past couple of months promising you that who…
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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 19h
I was assuming that Hastie's position, essentially the same as One Nation, will remain much the same as it is now.

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 19h
No this is about Australian national politics hashtag #auspol

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 19h
Umm, I didn't assume anything. I expressed a hope

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 19h
My hope is that, Angus being Angus, he will botch this completely and cruel the pitch for Hastie when he takes over and tries to push the same line more competently

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 19h
... Instead, he's lined up with Hanson, saying we should keep out unspecified groups who "don't share our values". Looking at what we've heard from Price, Hume and others about specific groups, that can be read as "Anglos only". Certainly, that's how non-Anglo voters are likely to read it.

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 19h
AFAICT, the median position Oz opinion on immigration is "migration is good, and we shouldn't discriminate on race or religion, but right now there are too many migrants, and not enough with the right skills"

Taylor could have run on this and criticised the government for mismanagement ... #auspol

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 1d
I think the reporter got the byline and did some interviews on the ground, but the framing comes from DC and NY

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 1d
Solar PV: Has the irrestible force run out of power?
Solar PV: Has the irrestible force run out of power?
That’s what lots of analysts are saying.
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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 1d
This narrative dominates the US intelligence “community” from which NYT gets its views. More on this soon, I hope

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 1d
I’m pretty confident ON will swallow most of the Nats votes at least for the next few months

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 1d
Ley's resignation presents Libs with a sharp choice right at the outset. The final three candidates will probably be #Liberal, One Nation and independent, and Libs might run third. Do they chase the racist vote and preference One Nation or maintain some credibility and go for independent. #auspol

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 3d
A better solution: Rename it the Donald J. Trump Bridge and leave it in the state depicted below, as a symbol of the friendship between the US and Canada.
U.S.-Canada bridge brouhaha deepens as White House says Trump could amend a permit for the project
The White House says President Donald Trump has the right to amend a permit for a new bridge between Canada and Michigan.
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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 4d
Here's a link from 2024

www.nytimes.com/2024...

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 4d
NY Times has been announcing the fall of Pokrovsk regularly since mid-2024. Maybe they are right this time, but it would be good practice to admit previous errors.
Russia Nears Capture of Key Ukrainian Towns After Year of Grinding Assaults
Russian troops have advanced at a glacial pace in recent months, but gains in southern and eastern Ukraine could give Moscow an edge in U.S.-mediated peace talks.
www.nytimes.com

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 4d
Antarctica massively more livable

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 4d
Telescopes have discovered planets billions of kilometres away. Flying people 200000km is pointless

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 4d
I have some self-growing bridges for sale in desirable locations

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 4d
#Musk has cancelled #Mars and Bezos has announced a pause of "at least two years" (read "forever") on Shepard space tourism. ISS going too. So, we're giving up on humans in Low Earth Orbit & planets. We did the moon 50 years ago - no good reason to go back. Humans belong on Earth and nowhere else.

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 4d
So, #Musk has abandoned his long promised Mars mission, apparently because he discovered that Mars is a long way nearly all the time. These surprising problems crop up when you are at the scientific frontier.

Now he's pitching cities on the moon, and his fans love it. I was hoping for world peace.

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Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 4d
It was great to join pre-conference #AARES2026 6K run along spectaculat River Torrens under the leadership of experienced #AARES runners Lin Crase and @johnquiggin.bsky.social

#econsky

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 4d
Government buying votes of former students, while disastrous Job Ready Graduates fees swell HECS debts for current students. Jason Clare is worst education minister ever.
The government’s HECS Bill swings and misses on student debt
How the Albanese government continues to shirk action on the worst remnant of the Morrison–era changes to higher education.
www.thenewdaily.com.au

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 5d
TUSNACO: The US Navy Always Chickens Out
TUSNACO
The US Navy Always Chickens Out
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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 5d
The protestors are almost always people objecting to infrastructure on other people's land for which those people have been paid (making them happy). Often from km away or even interstate.

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 5d
The opposite of the pattern for solar PV, where long-term future projections have regularly been surpassed within a few years of being issued.

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 5d
The IEA finally giving up on carbon capture and storage. 2025 projection for 2050 well below 2021 projection for 2035

Only inertia keeping projected share of emissions reductions (now down to 5 per cent) above rounding error
Minimal role for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) in IEA's World Energy Outlook 2025 | IEEFA
The IEA’s minimal role for CCUS in the Net Zero Emissions (NZE) by 2050 Scenario reflects a multi-year downgrading of the technology, with renewables, electrification, fuel switching, and energy efficiency projected to contribute over 82% of the emissions reductions needed to achieve net zero.
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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 5d
Correct lesson for Labor is that there is point pandering to these people. Treat them the way they would like to treat inner city elites

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 8d
The five-day ~40 hour week seems eternal, but only dates back to about 1950. And until 1980s, everyone assumed working hours would keep on declining. @pluralistic
pluralistic.net/2026...