Greens leader Richard Di Natale told the National Press Club yesterday that, because of the changing nature of work, Australia should introduce a universal basic income. His proposal would be...
In a speech to the Chifley Institute last week, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten announced that the Labor Party would introduce further changes to Australia’s compulsory superannuation system.1 The...
Tony Abbott made some blunders as prime minister. He raised the top rate of income tax, ruled out curtailing health and education spending, and he walked away from his commitments on freedom of...
Daniel Wild explains how lower taxes on businesses increase wages.
Our latest research brief reports on the trends of the size, cost and wages of the Western Australian public service using statistical measures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the...
Our new research brief debunks six myths surrounding the Turnbull government’s proposal to cut the company tax rate to 25 per cent from 30 per cent. Australia has a high corporate tax rate...
True to form, the unions are using clever marketing to beat the drum for a lousy idea. And true to form, that lousy idea is finding its way into the policy platform of the Australian Labor Party...
The most important task of public policy is to ensure the next generation of Australians have more opportunities to flourish than the last. But declining business investment, worsening school...
“Australia’s tax system is broken and the Palaszczuk government is right to call for structural reform”, said Daniel Wild, research fellow with the free market tank the Institute of Public...
Workers in America are set to enjoy massive Christmas bonuses thanks to Donald Trump cutting the business tax rate. In one of the biggest tax cuts in history, the business rate in the US is set to...
“Australia must cut its high business tax rate so that Australian workers, consumers, and shareholders can keep more of their earned income,” said Daniel Wild, research fellow with the free market...
Our new research brief askes five questions on the size and cost of the Commonwealth Public Sector. Recent data shows that public sector employee numbers are declining, but the public sector...
Horizontal fiscal equalisation attempts to address differing economic financial circumstances of the state governments by redistributing GST revenue according to an elaborate relativity formula...
A new report released today by the Institute of Public Affairs reveals how GST equalisation is creating a class of winners and losers among the Australian states. The report, Time to End GST...
Economists explain the far-reaching implications of blockchain technology on society and on how we are governed. A blockchain is a digital, decentralised, distributed ledger. This year saw a...
Simon Breheny explains how the union movement received over $18 million from Industry super funds.
“A Royal Commission into the banking sector is a bad idea because it will not solve the key problems in that sector: too much red tape and a lack of competition,” said Daniel Wild, research fellow...
A new report from the Department of Industry has found that the Australian entrepreneurship downturn is worse than previously thought. Earlier this month the IPA’s new report...
