Peter Martin . Articles An investment in clean indoor air would do more than help us fight COVID – it would help us concentrate, with lasting benefits Sometimes the best things you can do are invisible. As home prices soar beyond reach, we have a government inquiry almost designed not to tell us why Never has an inquiry into the skyrocketing price of homes been more urgent. Going electric and banning new petrol-powered cars could be Australia’s next big light bulb moment In 2007 Malcolm Turnbull turned off an industry’s life support without blinking. The industry made light bulbs, of the traditional kind; so energy-inefficient they lost most of it as heat. Home prices are climbing alright, but not for the reason you might think It’s tempting to think home prices are soaring because there aren’t enough homes. Economists back social housing boost over tax cuts Overwhelmingly, Australia’s leading economists want the budget to boost social housing and the JobSeeker unemployment benefit rather than bring forward personal income tax cuts.