Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has welcomed the announcement that the Productivity Commission will lead a 12-month review to focus on streamlining regulation in the...
Australia is starting to see bi-partisan economic leadership, with both the federal Coalition government and the WA state Labor government cutting red tape and taxes to unleash prosperity, as...
Scott Morrison’s vision to cut red tape will allow more Australians to reach their potential and for the Australian economy to flourish. In an address to the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of...
Maybe ASIC is trying to do to big public companies what the AFL is well on the way to doing to the game of Australian football. Numerous and never-ending changes to the rules, ever-shifting...
At every turn businesses are weighed down by red tape that prevents growth, discourages job creation, and sucks resources away from productive activity. Adding to the burden is the unknown nature...
Last weekend Labor announced a $4 billion funding increase to childcare subsidies. More worryingly, Labor would also intervene to raise the wages of early childhood educators by 20 per cent over...
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...
“Small business growth in Australia requires less red tape, not another taxpayer subsidised, government run scheme,” said Daniel Wild, Director of Research with the free market think tank the...
The future of freedom in Australia was dealt a blow at the start of the year with Senator David Leyonhjelm’s announcement that he will be resigning from federal politics to have a tilt at the...
The Institute of Public Affairs welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission to the Senate Inquiry into Impediments to Business Investment. This submission focusses on the role that public...
This week marks the end of a turbulent time of my life. For the past three years I’ve been travelling to the other side of the world for lifesaving treatment at a huge personal cost. This week, I...
Sometimes political parties create their own narratives, and sometimes those narratives are created for them. Right at the moment Bill Shorten’s Labor Party is doing a good job at creating...
