In this issue: The Future of Townsville; The Western Corridor: Leading the Way in Planning for Population Growth; Regional Services Investment Needs to Support Regionalisation Agenda; Cairns: Pinning its Hopes on the New Deal; and Regionalising Australia. The Future of Townsville Policy makers have often payed lip service to the potential for growth of northern [...]

By Brisbane Institute CEO, Karyn Brinkley I’ll admit my naivete knows no bounds. But when I see a proposal that has bipartisan support at state and local government level; almost doubles peak-hour trains to move an extra 120,000 people into and out of the city each morning; rejuvenates the underused southern end of the CBD, [...]

In this issue: The More that Changes, the More that Remains the Same?; What is a Fair Fare?; Intergenerational Report Avoids Hard Policy Decisions; Women in Politics: More than Media Darlings, Tarts and Clichés?; Politics and Responsibility     The More That Changes, the More That Remains the Same? Stereotype and prejudice constitute much of the public [...]

In this issue: Politics and Money;   The Social Cure: How Groups Make Us Healthier;   Media Piracy: The Infinite Futility in Copyright Protection and Supervision;   The Pros and Cons of a Queensland Senate;   Life, Death and Choice.    Politics and Money Ideally, the party that convinces voters with the best policies and arguments wins political office. Money [...]