3 February 2023
Red Tape Reduction Focus Welcomed
“The commitment to appoint a Red Tape Commissioner by Premier Dom Perrottet, if re-elected, is an important display of economic leadership and a step in the right direction,” said Daniel Wild, Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs. Yesterday, it was announced that a re-elected state Coalition Government in New South Wales would: “Cutting red tape is critical
4 May 2022
Rising Red Tape Under The Morrison Government Is Strangling Australian Business
When the federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg remarked on the inspiration he takes from the Thatcher and Reagan governments in July 2020, he gave Australians an insight into what he had planned for the economic recovery following the pandemic. “… not everyone is a Keynesian and thinking about income support. It is important to go to the supply side. Thatcher, Reagan,
19 April 2022
Bipartisan Commitment To Coal Must Be Backed By Action
“The bipartisan commitment to future coal mines is a welcome development for Australia’s future, but it must be backed by tangible policy commitments such as slashing red tape and scrapping net zero,” said Daniel Wild, Director of Research at the Institute of Public Affairs. With the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition committing to the development of new
23 February 2022
Slash Red Tape To Build Sovereign Capability
“Slashing red tape is mission critical to Australia’s ability to manufacture its own vital supplies, develop an advanced defence industry and drive the economic recovery from COVID-19,” said Daniel Wild, director of research at the Institute of Public Affairs. Yesterday in Tasmania, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government is seeking to build sovereign manufacturing capability to support Australia’s economy
16 February 2022
Red Tape Cuts A Great First Step: IPA
“The red tape reduction achievements outlined today by Ben Morton demonstrates economic vision and leadership and provides the foundation for an even more ambitious deregulation agenda,” said Daniel Wild, Director of Research at free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. The Minister for the Public Service and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Hon. Ben Morton
26 November 2019
Cut Red Tape, Get In Black
If Scott Morrison and his government want to deliver an economic boom, they should follow the highly successful template of President Trump in the US and cut red tape. New research released today by the Institute of Public Affairs finds that President Trump has overseen a $45.6 billion ($31 billion USD) reduction to the cost of red tape since 2017.
26 November 2019
Trump Red Tape Cuts Delivers Economic Boom
“President Trump’s red tape reduction agenda has delivered a once-in-a-generation economic boom in the United States,” said Daniel Wild, Director of Research with the free-market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. Today the Institute of Public Affairs released a research report which analyses the Trump Administration’s red tape reduction agenda. The report finds a $31 billion USD ($45 billion
14 August 2019
IPA Brings World Leading Red Tape Reduction Approach To Australia
A new way of measuring and cutting red tape with demonstrated success in the United States and Canada is being promoted in Australia by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. A team of researchers from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in the United States and RMIT University released a new report “RegData Australia” that provides
25 June 2019
Cut Red Tape And Keep Investment In The Black
Scott Morrison’s vision to cut red tape will allow more Australians to reach their potential and for the Australian economy to flourish. In an address to the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Western Australia yesterday, the Prime Minister highlighted the need to “bust regulatory congestion” to remove “obstacles to business investment”. His announcement that Assistant Minister to the Prime
