Digital Duty of Care (censorship) laws pass the Lower House
Opposing gender equity or causing emotional harm may soon be illegal
Who should we blame for high inflation?
Economists blame the RBA; the RBA blames the government; the government blames the Iran war. Everybody is correct.
Another attempt at internet censorship
The government will never stop trying to silence social media
Immigration confusion
A recent policy change by One Nation has revealed a lot of confusion about immigration policy, and which numbers really matter
Immigration and national identity
It is entirely legitimate for Australians to consider the potential impact of immigration
The next Senate will be a mess
Greens set to retain balance of power, regardless of who wins
Labor’s capital gains tax blunder
The government has got the details badly wrong.
Big government plans to bailout big media
Massive new media subsidies to be funded by new digital media tax
Government set to make extreme police powers permanent
The ‘frog in boiling water’ is a common anecdote. According to the story, if you put a frog in boiling…
Preparing for the 2026 recession
The usual policy responses won’t work
How to make family tax fair
This week has seen two politicians putting family tax back on the agenda, but in very different ways. Matt Canavan…
Neither globalisation nor protectionism
A closer alliance with NZ, Canada, and UK may offer the best of both worlds
False economics of immigration
The media claims that immigration is good for the economy. The truth is more complex...
What can we learn from Milei’s Argentina?
Recent economic reforms in Argentina have been a smashing success
Budget top priority should be income tax cuts
The Government didn’t plan to be giving today’s Budget, and the Opposition didn’t expect to have to give a Budget…
How family tax cuts could help Australia thrive
The constant increase in taxes and cost of living pressures have been particularly hard on families, making it difficult for…
Australia’s never-ending recession
Albanese should be nervous
A serious tax agenda for Queensland
Queensland voters go to the polls in just over a month, and despite a lot of political announcements there has…
Australia’s current recession in perspective
Australia is in a per-capita recession. This should be big news, but most of the mainstream media remains dedicated to…
Childcare needs more choice, not more bureaucracy
A recent report by the Centre for Policy Development (CPD) outlines a proposal to effectively remake the childcare sector in…
NSW’s smoke and mirror budget
The NSW budget continued the nationwide theme of unimaginative big-spending budgets with large deficits. The economic story is not unique,…
Queensland’s shock and awe Budget
The Queensland Budget released this Tuesday marks the beginning of the 2024 state election campaign. The nine-year-old QLD Labor government…
A budget about (nearly) nothing
The Australian Federal Budget gave us a couple of big headlines, but most of them were fake news. The Treasurer…
Victorian budget blues
The best thing that can be said about the 2024 Victorian Budget is that it’s not as bad as recent…
Tax changes our behaviour
Most people resent paying tax. Though it’s a sentiment just about everyone can relate to, the economic argument against tax…
