Category Archives: Media appearance

History of unemployment in Australia: Uncommon Sense 3RRR

Posted on September 22, 2019 by Warwick Smith

I was interviewed by Amy Mullins for her terrific show Uncommon Sense. This show is rare in that it spends substantial time on subjects, really getting into some of the nuance and complexity behind the headlines and slogans. We spoke … Continue reading →

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RRR Uncommon Sense interview on full employment

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Warwick Smith

I was interviewed by Amy Mullins on Uncommon Sense following the publication of my report on the history of unemployment in Australia. The interview is about 40 minutes long which allowed us to really delve into the topic of unemployment. … Continue reading →

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TV interview on ABC News 24

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Warwick Smith

I was interviewed by Fauziah Ibrahim on ABC News 24’s evening program. The segment was looking at how prepared Australia is for the coming robotics and artificial intelligence revolution.

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2ser radio Sydney interview on the government’s PaTH internship program

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Warwick Smith

I was on 2ser’s Sunday night program The Mix this week talking about the budget and, in particular, the government’s new Prepare-Trial-Hire (PaTH) program for youth unemployment. You can listen to the program on the link below. My contribution starts … Continue reading →

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Tax and tax reform in Australia – appearance on Radio National’s Rear Vision

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Warwick Smith

I was one of four guests on RN’s Rear Vision special on tax reform. You can download the audio here. A sample my contribution to the program is below. Keri Phillips: Warwick Smith is a research economist at the University … Continue reading →

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Death and taxes on 2SER’s breakfast show

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Warwick Smith

I was back on 2SER’s breakfast show this morning with Mitch Byatt. We talked about inheritance taxes: whether they’re good or not; why they were abolished in the ’70s and what other options there are for tax reform.  It was slightly … Continue reading →

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TV appearance on ABC’s The Business

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Warwick Smith

I was interviewed for a segment on political donations by financial institutions that aired on Wednesday night on The Business on ABC TV. This followed on from a piece I wrote for The Guardian last year. It’s great the ABC … Continue reading →

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Interview on economic rent taxes on Sydney’s 2ser breakfast radio

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Warwick Smith

This morning I was on 2ser‘s breakfast program with Mitch Byatt discussing the proposal in my recent Conversation article that we should be increasing taxes on economic rent (unearned income). As usual with such a subject much of the interview … Continue reading →

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Guest appearance on Radio Roundup – Main FM

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Warwick Smith

On Friday night I was the guest of Radio Roundup‘s Rusty Nails and Ben Boyang where we spent an hour talking about money. We covered a lot of territory including money creation, interest rates, real estate prices, quantitative easing and … Continue reading →

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Resource rent tax – radio interview

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Warwick Smith

I recently appeared on “On the money” on 2ser in Sydney (and other stations around the country through the community radio network).  I was explaining what a resource rent tax was and how it worked. As usual with this topic, … Continue reading →

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