Liberals Right To Reject Economic Vandalism
Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has welcomed the call of the South Australian Liberal Party Room to block South Australia’s disastrous bank levy. “This is a bad tax which...
The Liberal Party Verging On An Existential Crisis John Roskam Warns
Over the weekend Institute of Public Affairs Executive Director John Roskam, gave comments to the Australian and Fairfax media on the current state of the Liberal Party. He told Joe Kelly at the...
State Government Bank Levy Makes South Australia Riskiest Place For Investment In Australia
Imagine being an international investor looking at Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis’s Budget. You wouldn’t be interested in his infrastructure spend and “future jobs fund”. You’d immediately hone in on...
Originally appeared in The Advertiser
The Destruction By Government Of Australia’s Electricity Market
Throughout the western world over the last 20-30 years in particular, we have witnessed the tightening hand of the state, which has become ever more bold in insisting where and how we live, who we...
Contempt Drama May Spur Reform Of Outdated Law
Taxpayers are entitled to engage in public debate, including to criticise those whose salaries they fund: politicians, bureaucrats, judges. The time has come to reform contempt of court laws to...
Originally appeared in The Australian
The Unfair Work Act
This is why employers hesitate to hire new staff. Wrongful termination applications from employees have increased by 126% since the Rudd government established the Fair Work Commission in 2009...
New Video: The Dignity Of Work
“Bill Shorten’s announcement on penalty rates – that he only accepts the independence of the Fair Work Commission when it suits him – should give the Turnbull Government the courage to scrap the...
Why We Should Repeal The Fair Work Act
The IPA’s Gideon Rozner explains why the Fair Work Act is one of the most unfair and unbalanced pieces of legislation in Australia’s history.
Review Of Climate Change Policies
The primary obligation of the Australian government is to serve the Australian people. This means that policies should only be enacted where they are in Australia’s national interest...
How Howard’s Great GST Bargain Got Trashed By Canberra
Policy elites take the view that former prime minister John Howard did a deal with Meg Lees and the Democrats to introduce the GST. In a trivial procedural sense that is accurate. More...
Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
SA’s Bank Levy Adding To Business’ Burden Is Derelict Conduct
It’s hard to know where to start on the South Australian bank tax. It is just that bad. The massive new impost on the four major banks and the Macquarie Group was announced by SA Treasurer Tom...
Originally appeared in The Australian
Fair Work And The Right To Work
The Rudd Government’s 2009 overhaul of Australia’s industrial relations regime represented a substantial reversal of almost two decades of reform. Australia’s trajectory towards decentralised...