The Senate committee examining Australian drone regulations has had just one public hearing and is months away from its December reporting date. Nevertheless, last week they wrote to the Minister...
THE decision by Auburn Council in NSW to install ‘privacy’ curtains at a new public swimming pool in Auburn is a disgrace and completely at odds with Australian values. Belgravia Leisure, which...
It’s every intelligence chief’s nightmare – a phone call announcing the unexpected disclosure of highly sensitive secrets. The stakes are high: intelligence methods potentially...
Dilbert gets it: Not only are Australia’s 5 major banks to be hit with a new $6.2bn tax, which Simon Breheny said “every single one of us is going to have to pay for“, they have...
The NSW government continues to lead the way on innovative criminal justice policy. Having last year committed $3.8 billion to new and improved prisons, the government is now pivoting to reforms...
If you had a wound that was gushing blood onto the floor and your doctor prescribed a mop and bucket, you’d ask where he got his practicing certificate and why he wasn’t fixing the actual problem...
For years, legitimate questions have been raised over what the modern Labor Party stands for. Following the 2017 budget, those same questions now hang over the Liberal Party. In the House of...
Maybe it’s time to acknowledge what in recent years has become obvious, and what was confirmed on budget night. A unique period in Australia’s modern history is drawing to a close. For...
Competition is a natural feature of a free market. The idea that the way to increase competition is to strengthen competition laws is naive and misguided. The debate over strengthening section 46...
Westpac’s new Climate Change Action Plan limits new thermal coal lending to existing basins and to projects with an energy content of at least 6,300kCal/kg23. If adopted by all financial...
“The bank tax is an unconscionable violation of the Coalition government’s low tax principles. All taxes are paid for by workers, consumers, and shareholders. The bank tax is no...
Taxes are up, spending is up, debt is growing – as John Roskam said, “this is a Labor budget delivered by a Coalition government“. This graph shows Commonwealth tax will reach...
