19 July 2018
Sorry Scott, But The GST Fight Isn’t Over
It is a safe rule of thumb to assume that whenever a minister or a bureaucrat says “no one will be worse off”, that means everyone will be worse off. For proof of this, consider the so-called GST “reform” proposed by Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison earlier this month. Morrison’s proposal followed the recommendations made by the Productivity Commission to tinker
10 January 2018
Commonwealth Should Hand Income Taxes To The States
“Australia’s tax system is broken and the Palaszczuk government is right to call for structural reform”, said Daniel Wild, research fellow with the free market tank the Institute of Public Affairs. Today the Palaszczuk government renewed calls for state governments to be given a share of the Commonwealth income tax. “The best reform would be to allow state governments to
