The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has entered its fifth round of hearings in Melbourne this week, examining the superannuation...
This week James nad Pete talk Coles’ backflip then backflip from the backflip on plastic bags, the latest growth figures coming out of the US, Greenpeace’s ‘sting...
Thank you for the opportunity to appear before this inquiry. I’ll make a few brief remarks about declining rates of business investment in Australia, and the role that public policy has played in...
Last week Elin Ersson, a 21-year-old Swedish student, halted the deportation of an Afghan asylum seeker from Sweden by refusing to sit down on a plane. Not shy of the publicity, Ersson broadcast...
“The decision to grant Ryan Wells bail yesterday is further evidence that Victoria’s criminal justice system is out of touch with community standards,” said Andrew Bushnell, Research Fellow at the...
This week James and Pete talk Channel 9’s merger with Fairfax, the My Health Record fiasco, the Trump/EU trade talks, James Gunn falling victim to a right wing outrage mob and Venezuela...
Yesterday Fairfax Media and Nine Entertainment announced that they will merge, forming a media organisation worth $4.2 billion. The new organisation will be known as Nine. This merger has only...
The merger of Fairfax Media and Nine Entertainment is good for media diversity, good for journalists, good for the Australian public, and demonstrates the benefits of the Turnbull...
Australian small businesses are being strangled by red tape according to a new report, The decline of small business: How red tape is undermining opportunity, prosperity, and community, released...
The IPA and the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation are pleased to announce the winners of the Doing Development Differently Essay Competition. The winner of the $1,500 first prize was Cian...
“Offenders in community service in South Australia are not doing all the hours of work that they should be doing to pay back their debts to society,” said Andrew Bushnell, Research Fellow at the...
Australian small businesses are being strangled by red tape according to a new report, The decline of small business: How red tape is undermining opportunity, prosperity, and community, released...
