Pocock’s inclusion committee another blow to fiscal discipline
The deal between the Albanese government and Senator David Pocock to get the industrial relations bill across the line raises …
Economics Commentaries
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Why the system necessary for union influence to be effective has fallen away
With upcoming state elections in NSW and Victoria, not to mention the election of a federal Labor government for the …
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Visit Victoria’s bailout of Netball Australia turns activism into a political move
The saga of Netball Australia’s initial failed partnership with Hancock Prospecting, and its subsequent replacement by a deal with the …
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Budget brings nothing new to the table
What Treasurer Jim Chalmers tabled on Tuesday night was not a budget in the traditional sense but a mini-budget or …
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A million extra homes won’t fix affordability headache
The budget’s announcement of one million houses over the next five years will do very little to improve housing affordability. …
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Why we can’t just raise taxes, as Stage 3 tax cut debate rages
We should take proposals to raise taxes seriously — not least because the Labor party has shown a fondness for …
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Queensland: renewable one day, not feasible the next
There are numerous intelligent ways to respond to the risk of climate change. Setting costly state-based targets is not one …
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Labor’s October budget presents Treasurer Jim Chalmers difficult choices
The press gallery is buzzing, the weather is as cold and miserable as Ebenezer Scrooge’s wallet, and interest groups’ stockings …
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UK tax relief shows Thatcher’s spirit is alive, but can it survive?
True believers in lower taxes and smaller government have had little to celebrate in a long time as ‘spend, tax …
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Queensland land tax imposes a new national tax
Queensland’s government proclaims in the spirit of the state’s long-standing fiscal tradition that it “is committed to no new or …