Reigniting Australia’s Entrepreneurial Flame
Australian entrepreneurship is in a state of stagnation, largely due to red tape, which is threatening our prosperity, according to a new Institute of Public Affairs report Reigniting Australia’s...
ACTU Right On The Problem; Wrong On The Solution
“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…
Australia’s Declining Economic Competitiveness
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...
Australia’s Descent Into Economic Mediocrity
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...
Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
Australia Is One Of The Most Hostile Nations For Business Investment And Job Creation
Australia continues its slide down the global competitiveness rankings on key areas such as taxes, regulations, and energy supply, according to the latest World Economic Forum Global...
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...
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…
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…
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…
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…
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...
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. •…