Blue Poles: Sell This Monument To Madness
Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles must be sold. Not because it’s a bad painting or because it fails the Australian test, but because it of what has come to represent to…
After Brexit, Anglo-Oz Relations Can Flourish
Australia’s cultural, social and political history is entwined with Britain’s. We share a language, the Westminster democratic system, the common law and a respect for diversity...
Red Tape Hampers Resources Recovery For Miners
The future prosperity of resource-rich states such as Western Australia is threatened by unnecessary regulatory roadblocks. Capitalising on a possible market recovery, and unleashing the potential...
Code Red
While the Turnbull Government recently introduced legislation to the Parliament to prohibit EBA clauses that restrict an emergency management body’s ability to manage volunteers, this change...
Federal Spending A Dangerous Drug Of Dependence
While the deal struck last week between the government and opposition to get $6.3 billion of savings over four years through the Parliament is welcome, it is still just treating…
The Turnbull Government Backs An Unprincipled Purpose Of Super
On Wednesday the Turnbull government released draft legislation to bring some of its superannuation promises into law. These changes are not the whole policy – we are told that...
Strangling The Goose With The Golden Egg
Why we need to cut superannuation taxes on Middle Australia. The purpose of the retirement income system should be to enable Australians to maintain in retirement the living standards...
Still A Strong Case For Keeping Privatisation In The Reform Tool Kit
Despite recent concerns raised by the head of Australia’s competition watchdog, privatisation remains a viable reform option. Even though it has been firmly established as a modern economic...
ABS Census Farce Reminds Us Statistics Are The ‘Eyes Of The Bureaucrat’
In 1961, Murray Rothbard, the most important libertarian economist of the 20th century, wrote about the evils of government statistics. “Statistics are the eyes and ears of the bureaucrat...
Cutting Red Tape That Binds Mining
To secure Queensland’s mining future, cutting onerous red tape must be a key reform priority. Given the outlook for economic development in China, India and other developing countries...
Cut Green And Red Tape To Drive More Growth In Farming Sector
The release of the new Productivity Commission draft report into the regulation of agriculture confirms that Tasmanian farmers are shackled by costly and unnecessary red tape. The report covered...
Let’s Get Fine Defaulters Out Of Our Jails
Reporting of Andrew Leigh’s reappointment as shadow assistant treasurer has been dominated by the strange decision of the Labor Party to reduce his salary by $40,000. This is particularly...