The Stutchbury Sessions
Feed your intelligence with policy research and commentary designed to enhance our liberal democracy. Join Michael Stutchbury and guests every Thursday for your 10 minute briefing.
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"Woolworths and Coles pay about 98% of revenue to stakeholders" | Brett Stevenson (opens the original)
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Michael Stutchbury interviews Brett Stevenson about his new CIS paper The Discipline of Profit, which tests the claim that Woolworths and Coles have been raking in megaprofits at the expense of shoppers, suppliers and staff. Stevenson goes to the only place the argument can actually be settled: the companies’ own audited accounts. 👉 Support CIS Research: 🔹 Become a member: https://www.cis.org.au/membership-2-step-1/ 🔹 Make a donation: https://www.cis.org.au/support/donate/today/ 🔹 Learn more: ht
Classrooms in Crisis: Why Australian Kids Are Losing 12 Weeks a Year | Blaise Joseph (opens the original)
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Michael Stutchbury interviews CIS Education Director Blaise Joseph about his new paper: Classrooms in Crisis: Australian teacher views on student behaviour. A national survey of more than 370 teachers finds classroom disruption is costing students an average of 12 weeks of learning a year — roughly one-third of instructional time 👉 Support CIS Research: 🔹 Become a member: https://www.cis.org.au/membership-2-step-1/ 🔹 Make a donation: https://www.cis.org.au/support/donate/today/ 🔹 Learn more: htt
Australia’s workplace relations system is holding back growth, wages and opportunity | Graeme Watson (opens the original)
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Michael Stutchbury interviews the Hon Graeme Watson, former Vice President of the Fair Work Commission, about how Australia’s workplace relations system is holding back productivity, real wages, investment and business growth. 👉 Support CIS Research:🔹 Become a member: https://www.cis.org.au/membership-2-s... 🔹 Make a donation: https://www.cis.org.au/support/donate... 🔹 Learn more: https://www.cis.org.au/ 👉 Further reading: https://www.cis.org.au/publication/wrong-way-go-back-how-australias-workp
The Top 5 Suburbs You Can’t Break Into | Peter Tulip | The Stutchbury Sessions (opens the original)
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Michael Stutchbury interviews Dr Peter Tulip about new NSW data showing development applications and lodgements rising sharply, with building approvals expected to climb but still falling short of the federal housing target. The conversation explains recent NSW reforms like transport‑oriented development and low/mid‑rise housing, and why supply constraints from local councils matter for affordability. The episode also reveals a ‘naughty list’ of lagging councils, outlines graduated remedies (nam
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