Our Prosperity is Slipping Away: Submission to Economic Reform Roundtable
Introduction As Reserve Bank deputy governor Andrew Hauser noted last year, it can be easy to forget just how …
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Addressing Australia’s Productivity Problem. CORE Blueprint to Unshackle Productivity
Introduction There is no one action that will lift Australia’s dwindling productivity growth; it is a measure determined by a …
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The Productivity Problem. Australia’s Growth Slump Is Undermining Prosperity
Executive summary Concern over Australia’s slow rate of productivity growth is justified as it is essential to the nation’s prosperity. …
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Leviathan on the Rampage: Government spending growth a threat to Australia’s economic future
Executive summary The rising trend of government expenditure in Australia has long been present but has received new impetus from …
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Submission to Heritage NSW
This submission argues that NSW’s heritage legislation has serious flaws. In particular, costs of listing are not compared with benefits. …
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Economic challenges ahead for the government
The re-elected federal government faces a long list of economic challenges, some of them created or exacerbated in its first …
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How to vandalise savings: the new superannuation tax
Introduction The Albanese Labor government’s new tax geared to individuals’ total superannuation balances was unveiled in March 2023, failed to …
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CIS Newsletter – EOFY
Count on CIS to bring early numeracy screening to Australia Australia has a maths problem — and it’s not just …
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Riches from Royalties: How Australia’s states and territories depend on mining
Royalty payments by mining companies for extracting resources, including large volumes of fossil fuels, are major revenue streams for state governments.
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Submission to Victorian Legislative Council Select Committee Inquiry
Victoria Planning Provisions Amendments VC257, VC267 and VC274: Submission to Victorian Legislative Council Select Committee Inquiry 1. Introduction Housing in Victoria, …
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The end of cash for diagnosis? Now that would be a good thing
The Albanese government’s plan to divert children with mild developmental delays out of the NDIS marks the most significant reform to the scheme since its birth.
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Productivity roundtable’s uncertain impact. What was the point?
Surely it was not the 10 supposed reform directions, some of which contradict the others in practice (eg tax reform).
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Summit must end national complacency about Australia’s prosperity
The Economic Reform Roundtable should commit to making Australia an aspirational and enterprise-driven, high-growth nation bursting with investment opportunities.
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At this rate, the only outcome from this summit will be making us poorer
As we approach the productivity summit to end all summits, the various players have begun to stake out the propositions …
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Government’s spending surge a threat to productivity
As we get closer to the productivity roundtable that the government hopes will solve all problems, various players are tipping their hand as to what they want the focus to be.
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Labor’s path to joining the worst welfare states
Jim Chalmers’ economic reform roundtable must confront Australia’s entitlement mindset – which governments have fostered.
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The 3 intergenerational challenges Chalmers’ roundtable must fix
The government’s upcoming Productivity Roundtable risks being yet another fest of short-term electoral thinking.
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We’ve been here before. This time it’s serious
With the current Treasurer jumping on the tax reform bandwagon, assuring the public that reform of the taxation system is …
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Deficit a worry and right-wing governments aren’t going to fix it
The CIS has been warning about the risks of debt and deficits for some time.
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Productivity stakes couldn’t be higher at roundtable
Productivity must trump politics in Labor’s second term
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Housing Reform in NSW & New Zealand | Chris Minns, Chris Bishop & Peter Tulip
At this Centre for Independent Studies forum, NSW Premier Chris Minns and New Zealand Housing Minister Chris Bishop hosted CIS …
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How to vandalise savings: the new superannuation tax | Robert Carling
Australia’s new superannuation tax will target balances over $3 million. Yet, what seems like a modest reform does not just …
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Free Trade vs Tariffs: Jobs, Security, and the Cost of Living
Leading economists, historians, and policy experts delve into the complex world of tariffs, free trade, and their impact on global …
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The Answer is Productivity | Tom Switzer
To avoid a crisis, Australia should embrace sound market economics.
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Less Crowded Houses. NZ’s housing policy success and implications for Australia
While house prices in Australia went up by more than 8% in 2023, prices in New Zealand fell by more …
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Solving the housing crisis | Stuart Donovan
How can Australia tackle its housing affordability crisis? What lessons can we learn from New Zealand’s successful upzoning policies? In …
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Government spending and inflation explained | Emilie Dye
Government is shooting itself in the foot when it comes to inflation. While the RBA works to lower inflation by …
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The simple solution to FIX the housing crisis | Emilie Dye
What is behind the housing crisis in Australia and across the world? Research Analyst Emilie Dye, drawing on the work …
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How to tackle Australia’s housing crisis one state at a time | NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey
Sydney is home to some of the least affordable housing in the world, placing immense pressure particularly on young people …
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Has Easy Money Destroyed the Free Market? | Ruchir Sharma
Watch as Tom Switzer sits down with renowned financial analyst, commentator, and investor Ruchir Sharma for a thought-provoking discussion on …
Frequently Asked Questions
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) structure makes mistakes likely. It concentrates responsibility on one fallible individual, the Governor, answerable to a Board of non-experts, with little requirement to explain or defend decisions in detail. Arguments are subject to little scrutiny, either internally or externally. More fundamentally, the RBA has a culture that places a low priority on getting the answers right. As a result, mistakes are frequent, persistent and costly. Among several examples, the RBA recently placed higher priority on stabilising household debt than on its conventional goals of unemployment and inflation. Previously, it targeted the current account deficit. Read more ...
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