News
Archived news for 2010 | Recent news
Taxpayers are the true victims of the global financial crisis
About two years on from the financial crisis the world looks very different to the way it seemed in the middle of the economic collapse. The broad...
Business regulation holding back growth
The China boom has continued to lift Australian income levels via mining demand and this has been supplemented by general increases in primary...
Words must turn into action on free trade
Craig Emerson's excellent speech leading the directionless Gillard Government toward a new free trade revolution are welcome words, but only if he...
An illusion of safety
Here's a way to make driving safer: make it riskier. A German safety expert recommends we raise speed limits on our roads, not lower them. Ulrich...
Labor's wrong direction on reform
Julia Gillard told us last week why it is imperative to get the legislative program started. Unfortunately. absent from this was the need to put...
Shoppers better off if building red tape is cut
Planning Minister Justin Madden, on the advice of a committee he had established, rejected Woolworths' application to build a new hardware store in...
The cost of fighting the cost of living
Despite both major parties claiming they'll fight to stop increases in the cost of living, neither are likely to deliver with the parliament...
Green protectionist folly
Under environmental disguises, industry and labor unions are running parallel campaigns with environmentalists seeking to roll back free trade. For...
The New Green Protectionism
Export-dependent jobs in Asia are under threat by vested interests including unions and industry in developed countries advocating for trade...
Privatisation is not enough
State governments cannot seem to rein in spending so it matches their revenues. The upshot is skyrocketing debt levels. The NSW and Queensland...