Media Coverage August 22 2017
The IPA’s Evan Mulholland was quoted in the Herald Sun on the decision of Darebin Council to no longer recognise Australia Day. Mr. Mulholland stated that the decision was bizarre and showed...
A Question Of Trust In Greater Opportunity
The Labor Party is proposing another attack on wealth-creating businesses with its planned tax hike on discretionary trusts. It remains unclear how substantial the tax hit will be. Labor is...
Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
SA’s Bank Levy Adding To Business’ Burden Is Derelict Conduct
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...
Originally appeared in The Australian
Is That Tax Policy Or Slapstick Comedy?
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...
Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
High Tax: The Pillar Of What Civilisation?
“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...
Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Submission: Inquiry into the Major Bank Levy Bill 2017 and the Treasury Laws Amendment (Major Bank Levy) Bill 2017
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...
New IPA Research: Government Should Abandon Bank Tax
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...
Five Reasons Why The Government Should Abandon The Bank Tax
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...
No Contest Of Ideas Just A Grubby Fight For Votes
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...
Originally appeared in The Australian
This Budget Ends The Liberal Age
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...
Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
Best Way To Make Markets More Competitive Lies In Legislating To Cut Red Tape
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...
Originally appeared in The Australian
Reducing Red Tape In Australia – One In Two Out Rule
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...