24 April 2019
New Business Fund Ignores Biggest Issue: Red Tape
The Australian Business Growth Fund is a short-sighted proposal which ignores red tape and industrial relations as the major constraints on small business growth in Australia. The fund, announced by the Prime Minister on Tuesday, would see the federal government partnering with banks to provide small and medium business owners with equity. The assumption is that access to credit is
5 April 2019
The Liberals Tax Themselves Out Of Office
If it had spent its 5½ years in government delivering budgets like the one on Tuesday, the Coalition wouldn’t be in the position it’s in. The likelihood is the Coalition will lose next month’s federal election to a Labor opposition that’s promising higher taxes, bigger government, and more regulation. It’s a lot easier arguing against tax increases when you’re not
22 August 2018
You Think The Coalition Is Bad? Look At Labor’s Policies
Politics in a stable democracy should be boring, even relaxed and comfortable. Yet since the fall of the Howard government in 2007 Australian politics has been exciting– almost a blood sport. The population is certainly not relaxed nor comfortable. Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister appeared well on his way to changing all that. Re-election looked possible, even likely. The shenanigans in Canberra
