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Labor Is Coming After Apple Pie-Baking Nanas

Labor Is Coming After Apple Pie-Baking Nanas

Daniel Wild 1 February 2019 Finance and economics, Government services,

On Thursday, Labor’s Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said something that a politician is never supposed to utter. At least not in public. In response to those who will face higher taxes under Labor’s...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph
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Blaming Jeff For Our Energy Mess Is A Joke

Blaming Jeff For Our Energy Mess Is A Joke

Gideon Rozner 3 September 2018 Energy and resources, In the news,

Blaming your problems on the previous government is poor form. But blaming your problems on something that another government did over 25 years ago is, to put it politely, taking the mickey. Yet...

Originally appeared in Herald Sun
PUBLICATIONS
Daniel Andrews’ Alternative Reality

Daniel Andrews’ Alternative Reality

Bella d'Abrera 28 August 2018 In the news, Ipa today,

Here we go again. Today, Daniel Andrews announced a plan to build a new suburban railway system even though he has no idea how much it will actually cost, who is going to pay for it, and how long...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
PUBLICATIONS
You Think The Coalition Is Bad? Look At Labor’s Policies

You Think The Coalition Is Bad? Look At Labor’s Policies

Sinclair Davidson 22 August 2018 Finance and economics, In the news,

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...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
Labor’s ‘Living Wage’ Will Hurt The Poor, Unemployed

Labor’s ‘Living Wage’ Will Hurt The Poor, Unemployed

Gideon Rozner 1 February 2018 Dignity of work, Finance and economics,

True to form, the unions are using clever marketing to beat the drum for a lousy idea. And true to form, that lousy idea is finding its way into the policy platform of the Australian Labor Party...

IPA TODAY
New Video: The Dignity Of Work

New Video: The Dignity Of Work

Gideon Rozner 29 June 2017 Dignity of work, Ipa today,

“Bill Shorten’s announcement on penalty rates – that he only accepts the independence of the Fair Work Commission when it suits him – should give the Turnbull Government the courage to scrap the...

In The News
It’s Offensive When Labor Plays Politics With Racism

It’s Offensive When Labor Plays Politics With Racism

Gideon Rozner 2 December 2016 Ideas and liberty, In the news,

It is disappointing when politicians stir up racial and religious tensions for their own political purposes. And it’s not politicians on the Right I’m talking about. It’s Bill...

In The News
Populism Is Not A Dirty Word

Populism Is Not A Dirty Word

John Roskam and Chris Berg 10 July 2016 Ideas and liberty, In the news,

The political news right now is Malcolm Turnbull’s tenuous hold on government. But tight elections aren’t unusual. The real significance of the 2016 election is how it reveals the...

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Why Won’t Australia’s Ruling Elite Acknowledge The Benefits Of Coal?
Why Won’t Australia’s Ruling Elite Acknowledge The Benefits Of Coal?

The hypocrisy of Australia’s anti-coal contingent was exemplified this week by Richard Marles, who is the federal Labor Party’s spokesman for Defence. Mr Marles said “the global market for thermal...

The NAB Board Will Pay A Heavy Price
The NAB Board Will Pay A Heavy Price

The story of the resignation from NAB of its chief executive Andrew Thorburn and its chairman Ken Henry after the Hayne royal commission is instructive. It reveals just how hopeless the boards of...

Ep 5: Will We Regret Trump’s National Emergency?
Ep 5: Will We Regret Trump’s National Emergency?

Does the passage of the medivac bill really show the decline of major political parties in Australia (1:40-17:20)? What does the declaration of a national emergency mean for America, and could the...

The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 97 with Dave Rubin
The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 97 with Dave Rubin

Why Trump’s national emergency declaration over the wall shows the US President has too much power, why staging your own attack is not a good PR move and why men eating meat is causing...

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