More red tape, bureaucratic interference, and confiscation of private land is on the cards under a re-elected Palaszczuk government. The Palaszczuk government has committed to re-introducing...
“The ACTU is right to say that the rising cost of living needs urgent policy attention. But the right way to reduce the cost of living is to cut red tape to increase competition in the energy...
When Woolworths and Coles announced in July that they were phasing out the use of plastic shopping bags, it was only a matter of time before our politicians got in on the act. So it was no...
The World Economic Forum’s annual Global Competitiveness Report ranks the competitiveness of 134 countries. Competitiveness is measured using 114 indicators such as macroeconomic health, the...
The future prosperity of regional Australia is threatened by unnecessary regulatory roadblocks. All industries, but particularly those in regional Australia, are subject to a byzantine array of...
With business creation and investment in Australia in precipitous decline, it is critical that all levels of Australian government undertake reforms to reduce red tape to achieve minimum best...
The responsibility for protecting threatened species should be returned to the States, according to a new report released today by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. The...
‘Screw the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration), I’m going to be DOA’ were the immortal words of a dying Ron Woodroof, played by Matthew McConaughey, in the 2014 movie The Dallas Buyers...
Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has welcomed the recommendations from the Select Committee on Red Tape interim report: Effect of red tape on environmental assessment and...
Countries become mediocre the same way Mike, a character in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises went broke. “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike...
The government’s market liberalisation win on media reform should not be underestimated. Despite the $60 million of taxpayer funds doled out to private media organisations, this is a step in...
From spraying pastures to collecting crop data, drones are set to revolutionise Australian agriculture. However, despite this enormous pot-ential, calls for more regulation threaten to keep drones...
The story of what happened to Chelsea-lee Downes reveals everything that’s wrong with Australia’s attitude to innovation and risk-taking. Malcolm Turnbull and Chris Pyne’s...
HOW far would you go if you were told that you had an incurable cancer and just 12 months to live? I went 12,000 miles to save my life. After being declared terminally ill two years ago, I moved...
A popular myth is that Australia survived the 2007-08 global financial crisis because our major banks didn’t collapse and a technical recession was never called, but closer inspection reveals...
Australia has experienced 26 years of unbroken economic growth, but with little to show for it. Business investment is declining, and wages growth and new business start-ups are at record lows...
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 Queensland Opposition’s plan to cut red tape by committing to a 20% red tape reduction target is a strong policy. However, more should be done such as through implementing a...
