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Potential Rorting A Warning For PaTH Program

Aaron Lane 21 July 2016 Education and skills, Government services,

Allegations of potential rorting of the Victorian Labor government’s ‘Back to Work’ scheme is a warning shot across the bow of the re-elected Federal Coalition government’s...

A Treaty With First Australians Is Divisive And Dangerous

Simon Breheny 13 July 2016 Constitution and law, Opinion,

The concept of a treaty with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is illogical and divisive. The current push for such a document is misguided, and should be abandoned. It’s...

Opinion

Saying You Have A Plan Isn’t Enough To Win An Election

Simon Breheny 4 July 2016 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

It is not enough to say you have a plan for a strong new economy. You actually have to have one. And it has to be simple enough to sell to the average voter. That means cutting taxes, not...

The Role Of Entrepreneurs And Government In Australia

Wolfgang Kasper 1 July 2016 Innovation and entrepreneurship, Publications,

Coming from overseas in the 1970s, Australia looked to me like the ‘Land of Missed Opportunities’. Partial liberalisation during the Hawke-Keating era and some further reforms under...

Your Right To Work: The Employment Policy Of A Truly Liberal Government

Stephan Sasse 1 July 2016 Dignity of work, Publications,

At its heart, industrial relations law is about people, and their ability to earn an income, support a family and take greater responsibility for their own lives. In other words, employment is not...

Ten Red Tape Initiatives For The Next Australian Government

Darcy Allen and Mikayla Novak 20 June 2016 Publications, Red tape,

The Australian economy is shackled by red tape. Poorly designed and low quality red tape stifles growth, suppresses entrepreneurship and hinders our international competitiveness. Cutting red tape...

The Red Tape State

Mikayla Novak 1 May 2016 Publications, Red tape,

As of the end of April 2016, the commonwealth government maintained an estimated 1,181 entities, bodies, and administrative relationships. Of those 1,181 entities and bodies, 497 are estimated to...

Research Papers

The 176 Billion Tax On Our Prosperity

Mikayla Novak 1 May 2016 Featured, Publications,

This is the first of a series of papers investigating the dimensions of red tape costs in Australia. There is widespread concern that government red tape imposes substantial costs upon the...

So Now You Have Bought An Emissions Trading Scheme

John Roskam 5 February 2016 Energy and resources, Environment and agriculture,

What is it? The emissions trading scheme, or ‘Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme’, is a ‘cap and trade’ system. This requires firms to obtain a government ‘permit’ if they emit...

Research Papers

The Sharing Economy – How Over-Regulation Could Destroy An Economic Revolution

Darcy Allen and Chris Berg 10 December 2014 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

The sharing economy describes a rise of new business models (‘platforms’) that uproot traditional markets, break down industry categories, and maximise the use of scarce resources. The best known...

Project Western Australia: A Growth and Productivity Agenda for the Next Government

John Hyde 20 February 2012 Books, Finance and economics,

The need for sound economic reform never ends. But there has never been a more important time than now. In this important volume, John Hyde and Andrew Pickford pull together the most important...

Books

Dry: In Defence of Economic Freedom

John Hyde 10 July 2002 Books, Finance and economics,

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...

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