Canberra media research

Independent research on economic and political issues

Terry Giesecke B Ec (Hons)


ACT Economic Notes

ACT Economic Notes is published on an ocasional basis and focuses on the state of the ACT ecomony plus issues beyond the ACT

The latest edition September 2021

  • Is your car a good investment? absolutely! click here to find out more
  • Is global warming impacting on snow in Australia's alpine areas? Yes accoding to this study - now updated to 2017 click here if you want to ski in Oz in 2050
  • Politics

    • what makes people vote the way they do? is it income, class, ethnicticity? a study of the ACT election iof 2001 sheds some light on this question. Originally published in Australian Quarterly. to read click here
    • The ACT elections of 2020 saw the Greens treble their seats in the ACT Assembly, what happened? . click here for details
    • What would happen if voting was voluntary in Australia? Would it be bad for the ALP? click here for analysis


    A snowy scene from the Australian Alps - will it still be that way in 2050

    Created on ... July 26, 2021