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...
The relationship between taxpayers and government should be symbiotic – to the mutual benefit of each party. This is certainly what Adam Smith had in mind when he wrote that everyone should...
“Progressive” think tank Per Capita recently released the results of their annual tax survey. It turns out that 51.5 per cent of Australians think they pay about the right amount of tax. 39.6 per...
The Government’s proposed levy should be abandoned. It is a tax on all Australians which will increase the cost of buying a house and starting a business, was designed without consultation, and is...
Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs today released a research brief outlining why the Government should abandon its proposed changes to the banking sector. The brief argues that...
The Government announced major changes to the banking sector in the 2017-18 Budget, including: • A tax of 0.06% on the liabilities of the four major banks plus Macquarie. • Forty per cent of a...
For years, legitimate questions have been raised over what the modern Labor Party stands for. Following the 2017 budget, those same questions now hang over the Liberal Party. In the House of...
Maybe it’s time to acknowledge what in recent years has become obvious, and what was confirmed on budget night. A unique period in Australia’s modern history is drawing to a close. For...
Competition is a natural feature of a free market. The idea that the way to increase competition is to strengthen competition laws is naive and misguided. The debate over strengthening section 46...
Red tape costs the Australian economy $176 billion, 11 per cent of GDP, each year in foregone economic output. Similarly, in the US red tape is estimated to cost $2 trillion annually, or 12 per...
Today the Institute of Public Affairs released a new research report, Reducing Red Tape in Australia: ‘One in, Two Out’ Rule. The research found Australia would have 107,885 fewer pages of...
It is pre-budget silly season again. You know, the time of year when we get to hear all of the good -reasons why government should spend more money. It is also when we get to hear why government...
