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Andrew Leigh

Brisbane Times

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With AI, judgment may be our scarcest resource

With AI, judgment may be our scarcest resource

Artificial intelligence is everywhere. It is drafting marketing plans, writing code, preparing legal briefs and advising small business owners on...

30.03.2026 10

The New Daily

Andrew Leigh

Fibre is the infrastructure of the modern economy - and Canberra is getting more of it

In the early days of electricity, households judged its value by how brightly it lit their homes. Few imagined it would reshape manufacturing,...

19.02.2026 10

Canberra Times

Andrew Leigh

Why we should get to choose who fixes our cars

Until mid-2022, many Australian drivers discovered that owning a car did not always mean controlling who could repair it. As vehicles became more...

19.02.2026 20

The New Daily

Andrew Leigh

Xmas cracker or consumer trap? Traders on notice

13.12.2025 20

The New Daily

Andrew Leigh

Power of proximity: Why getting cities right matters

02.11.2025 10

The New Daily

Andrew Leigh

Right-to-repair laws are 'Economics, not nostalgia'

21.10.2025 10

The New Daily

Andrew Leigh

We filled the lake. Now let's build the homes

20.10.2025 10

Canberra Times

Andrew Leigh

The 'fixed pie' bias is the biggest barrier to solving Australia's challenges

03.10.2025 10

Canberra Times

Andrew Leigh

Great unbinding: Why it’s time to scrap non-competes

22.09.2025 8

The New Daily

Andrew Leigh

One extra email: a small change that could revolutionise public policy

22.09.2025 10

Canberra Times

Andrew Leigh

You see AI as a threat. I see it helping shape a better future

09.09.2025 10

The Examiner

Andrew Leigh

You see AI as a threat. I see it helping shape a better future

09.09.2025 10

Canberra Times

Andrew Leigh

Shrinkflation: Less for the same, and harder to spot

03.09.2025 10

The New Daily

Andrew Leigh

We must stay open: Five reasons tariffs are a bad idea

14.08.2025 7

The New Daily

Andrew Leigh

We have a way to figure out what works. That ethos is taking root in the APS

11.08.2025 10

Canberra Times

Andrew Leigh

We've got more workers and more capital. But we built more homes in '90s

24.07.2025 10

Canberra Times

Andrew Leigh

Why consumer trust matters more than ever

30.06.2025 10

The Examiner

Andrew Leigh

Why consumer trust matters more than ever

30.06.2025 10

Canberra Times

Andrew Leigh

What’s holding us back from a better housing, transport and clean energy future

Australia doesn’t lack ideas for solving problems in housing, transport and clean energy, we lack institutions that can follow through and create...

03.06.2025 8

Financial Review

Andrew Leigh

We've gotten inflation down without stirring a ferocious consequence

11.03.2025 10

The Examiner

Andrew Leigh

We've gotten inflation down without stirring a ferocious consequence

11.03.2025 8

Canberra Times

Andrew Leigh

YOUR SAY: Government should be held to account for ignoring Eslake report

17.02.2025 10

The Examiner

Andrew Leigh

The real cost of the Coalition's public service cuts

17.02.2025 10

The Examiner

Andrew Leigh

The real cost of the Coalition's public service cuts

17.02.2025 10

Canberra Times

Andrew Leigh

Rising inequality the biggest threat to our future

13.01.2025 10

The Australian

Andrew Leigh