30 April 2017
The Growth Of Federal Environmental Law 1971 To 2016
Red tape costs the Australian economy at least $176 billion, or 11 per cent of GDP, each year in foregone economic output. Environmental red tape and regulation in particular has grown significantly in recent decades. This report provides an objective measure of the growth of federal environmental legislation since the creation of the first Commonwealth environmental department in 1971. The
8 March 2017
Business Investment In Australia Now Lower Than Under Whitlam
Business investment in Australia is 12.2% of GDP and is forecast to fall to a record low nine per cent of GDP by 2020, according to Macquarie Research. During the Whitlam era of economic crisis business investment averaged 13.7% of GDP. Download the full report here
10 July 2002
Dry: In Defence of Economic Freedom
Download the full book here. Much of the world is still horrible but during the final quarter of the 20th Century life spans greatly increased almost everywhere especially in the once-poor countries of East Asia. The economic order that achieved these momentous gains is now threatened by ‘anti-globalisation’. We began the new millennium with blessings close to home. Australians were
