Australia is becoming a European welfare state. That’s not good news — Australian Financial Review
Reflecting the enlarged role for government in Australia’s economy, it is now likely that more than half of voters rely on governments for most of their income, estimates economist Robert Carling of the Centre for Independent Studies, a right-of-centre liberal think tank.
This estimate includes public sector wages and jobs heavily dependent on government subsidies in the aged care, childcare, health and disability sectors, government consultants and contractors, the age pension, unemployment payments and social benefits such as the NDIS.
“A culture of dependency and entitlement has taken root in the population and political behaviour has become only too willing to accommodate and encourage it in a feedback loop,” Carling says.
Angus Taylor, Pauline Hanson criticise Tony Burke’s stance on migrant assimilation in Australia — across NewsCorp
Peter Kurti, Director of the Culture, Prosperity and Civil Society program at the Centre for Independent Studies, said: “People like Tony Burke avoid using the word ‘assimilation’ because they see it as loaded with the toxic idea of abandoning one’s identity.
“Assimilation, properly understood, isn’t about what you give up, but what you embrace.” “Migrants don’t have to abandon their culture, but they are expected to adopt the values of the country they come to recognise that in Australia we follow certain laws and standards.”
‘I was wrong to think the party was ready for a warts-and-all report’ — Australian Financial Review
The night before we meet she was up until 3am, working on a report for the Centre for Independent Studies.
House prices and capital gains tax settings are hurting mobility and productivity, says Andrew Leigh — The Australian
Such tax breaks have be charged with driving up house prices and some think tanks such as Grattan and Centre for Independent Studies differ as to how removing these tax breaks would impact on housing costs.