How drug companies are playing hardball with Australia’s PBS
Australia is coming under increasing pressure from international drug companies demanding higher prices for their drugs.
On this episode of Dollars & Sense, Matt Grudnoff joins Elinor Johnston-Leek to discuss Anthony Albanese’s speech on artificial intelligence and lessons for data centre regulation from Australia’s experience with the gas industry.
Fri 17 Jul 2026 17.00 AEST
The tech industry talks about huge investment in Australia.
That sounds great, but who’ll actually benefit?
On this episode of Dollars & Sense, Matt Grudnoff joins Elinor Johnston-Leek to discuss Anthony Albanese’s speech on artificial intelligence and lessons for data centre regulation from Australia’s experience with the gas industry.
This discussion was recorded on Thursday 16 July 2026.
Host: Matt Grudnoff, Senior Economist, the Australia Institute
Host: Elinor Johnston-Leek, Senior Content Producer, the Australia Institute
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‘Pharmacy deserts’: another example of markets, however protected, failing to deliver essential goods and services to all Australians.
Australia is coming under increasing pressure from international drug companies demanding higher prices for their drugs.
Universities will now face tougher governance and transparency requirements under new federal standards, including public disclosure of board decisions, executive pay and consultancy spending.
According to the most recent Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) data from 2018, theft is the largest source of new illicit weapons in Australia. Every theft adds more guns to the over 200,000 illicit firearms in Australia. Fewer legally owned firearms means there are fewer firearms that can be stolen.
