John Quiggin . Articles The election result showed Australia’s huge appetite for stronger climate action As the polls closed on Saturday night, most election commentary focused on the dispiriting campaign where both major parties avoided any substantial division on policy issues and instead focused on negatively framing the opposing leader. Labor’s proposed $10 billion social housing fund isn’t big as it seems, but it could work The centrepiece of Labor’s election program so far is its A$10 billion social housing policy, officially called the Housing Australia Future Fund. The budget should have been a road to Australia's low-emissions future. Instead, it's a flight of fancy Looking at other nations around the world, the path to cutting greenhouse gas emissions seems clear. To get out of this well we are going to have to think like central planners Within the space of weeks, Australia has been transformed into a command economy.