Kenneth Davidson
Kenneth Davidson has been writing for The Age on economics and public policy since 1974. He was winner of the Walkley award for best news story in 1977 and National Press Club/Ford Australia Award for Canberra Press Gallery Journalist of the Year in 1980. He remains a committed Keynesian and opponent of economic rationalism. In his spare time he is co-editor of Dissent magazine.
How privilege rules over school funding
Kenneth Davidson The still-used Howard government model for dividing up education funding between government and non-government schools blatantly subsidises social privilege at the expense of public schools, which...
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How to save billions: dump the desal deal
Kenneth Davidson It's official. Melbourne Water users will pay $19.4 billion in contract payments to AquaSure.
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Rash financial deals dilute philanthropy
Kenneth Davidson Charitable giving is being used to enrich private financiers.
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How Aussie ingenuity could solve the world's water woes
Kenneth Davidson Victorian developers have the chance to tap into fresh reserves.
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Surplus the Holy Grail as assets are sold and austerity reigns
Kenneth Davidson Spending cuts are not an economic panacea. Neither are asset sales.
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At $6.1bn it's not right to cast more bread upon these waters
Kenneth Davidson Talk about the kettle calling the pot black. The state opposition is attacking Water Minister Peter Walsh for implementing exactly the same Melbourne water pricing policy as Labor would have done had...
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Recipe for education apartheid
Kenneth Davidson It has been truly said: every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost. The Gonski report on school funding concluded that restoring equity across the three systems (public, Catholic and...
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It's about time super funds stepped up
Kenneth Davidson It used to be understood that financial institutions existed to service the real economy, not vice versa.
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Dammed if we do or don't - but the desal will cost us plenty
Kenneth Davidson The big water bills will keep coming, whether we use the water or not.
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Victoria can escape the public-private partnership black hole
Kenneth Davidson There is a way to free up money to pay more to teachers, nurses and TAFEs.
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Memo Premier: It's not too late to get us a better deal on water
Kenneth Davidson Baillieu will be blamed for the desal disaster, unless he cleans up Brumby's mess.
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Selling assets is a sure way out of office
Kenneth Davidson Ted Baillieu has got the politics and his policies all wrong.
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Hope springs despite the desal disaster
Kenneth Davidson As the Wonthaggi row continues, better plans are in the pipeline.
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New Treasurer makes the same old mistakes
Kenneth Davidson Public-private partnerships look good on the balance sheet, but cost taxpayers in the long run.
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Carbon tax is a first step in climate fight
Kenneth Davidson What we have now is not nearly enough to avoid catastrophic warming.
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Healthcare's worthy goal, rotten base
Kenneth Davidson The private health rebate is a $5bn elephant that will stomp on reform.
Kenneth Davidson
Gripes about a flood levy are ill-informed
Kenneth Davidson Infrastructure building in flood-ravaged areas benefits all of us.
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More sense, less cents for rail revamp
Kenneth Davidson The possible demise of the Regional Rail Link would be a blessing in disguise.
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America still rolls us for a tummy tickle
Kenneth Davidson The WikiLeaks cables and Julia Gillard's initial supine response was, to say the least, cringe-making.
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Planning must be for people, not developers
Kenneth Davidson Ted Baillieu's policies show promise, but are still off the mark.
