Rosa Parks, Lech Walesa And The Boss
Australia is the only country out of the world’s 20 most prosperous nations to experience a drop in prosperity since 2007: That’s one of the findings of the Legatum Prosperity…
Australia’s Deteriorating Fiscal Position
From the Australian Financial Review, on Australia’s deteriorating fiscal position: The Parliamentary Budget Office has issued a fresh reminder of how Australia’s political system is struggling to...
Default Superannuation – Let All Australians choose
All Australians should have the freedom to choose their superannuation fund according to a submission to the Productivity Commission’s Superannuation Default Model Inquiry by free-market...
Submission On Alternative Superannuation Default Models
The Institute of Public Affairs believes that superannuation lies at the heart of important national policy questions about taxes, spending, personal responsibility and choice, as well as the...
Submission To The Inquiry Into The impact Of The Government’s Workplace Bargaining Policy
Enterprise bargaining requires negotiation from both sides. The government’s policy provides the flexibility for this to occur on the employer side. This is in stark contrast to the public...
South Australia’s New Home Detention Laws Should Not Be About Coddling Criminals
Lindsay Bassani, a former Education Department bureaucrat and football coach, was sentenced to home detention after stealing almost $10,000 from the South Australian Aboriginal Sports Training...
After Brexit, Anglo-Oz Relations Can Flourish
Australia’s cultural, social and political history is entwined with Britain’s. We share a language, the Westminster democratic system, the common law and a respect for diversity...
Code Red
While the Turnbull Government recently introduced legislation to the Parliament to prohibit EBA clauses that restrict an emergency management body’s ability to manage volunteers, this change...
Federal Spending A Dangerous Drug Of Dependence
While the deal struck last week between the government and opposition to get $6.3 billion of savings over four years through the Parliament is welcome, it is still just treating…
How To Defuse The Authoritarian Populist Timebomb
It is no foregone conclusion that simply giving government more power and money will fix income inequality. Adam Smith once wryly said “there is a great deal of ruin in…
The Turnbull Government Backs An Unprincipled Purpose Of Super
On Wednesday the Turnbull government released draft legislation to bring some of its superannuation promises into law. These changes are not the whole policy – we are told that...
Strangling The Goose With The Golden Egg
Why we need to cut superannuation taxes on Middle Australia. The purpose of the retirement income system should be to enable Australians to maintain in retirement the living standards...