NDIS costings, predicting elections and defaulting on foreign debt Russia and Sri Lanka

The funding of the National Disability Insurance Scheme has
always been a contentious issue between the ALP and the
Coalition. Economist Dr Angela Jackson from Impact Economics and
Policy outlines why the costs are so high and how to make it more
sustainable. What can economic modelling tell us about who will
win the Federal Election? Economist Hamish Greenop-Roberts from
the University of Queensland, has studied past elections to
determine which economic figures are the best indicators for a
win. And what does it mean for a country to default? Eliza Wu,
Sydney University's associate professor of finance discusses the
consequences of defaulting and what will happen with Russia, and
PhD candidate Nimna Prematilaka from the University of Melbourne
shares her insights on the economic crisis facing Sri Lanka.