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Don't hold breath for change in GST

Economics & Deregulation and Deregulation Unit | Julie Novak
Canberra Times 25th July, 2012

Altering this tax has not worked well in other countries. It is best to regard the GST as a sleeping dog best left untouched. However, a growing...

Small government means better governance

Economics & Deregulation and Deregulation Unit | Julie Novak
The Drum 23rd July, 2012

Writing in the mid-twentieth century about the risks of collectivism, Friedrich Hayek stated, "The more the state plans, the more difficult...

Uncertainty erodes the outcome

Economics & Deregulation, Deregulation Unit, Energy and Climate Change | Tim Wilson
Australian Financial Review 11th July, 2012

Finally, some honesty. In "Carbon price floor crucial to its aims" (The Australian Financial Review, July 5) four lead advocates of the...

Freedom of association lost in the moral panic

Ideas & Liberty and Deregulation Unit | Chris Berg
The Drum 11th July, 2012

"You are the sort of man this act aims at," Magistrate Laidlaw told a 30-year-old Sydney man, George Harris, as he sentenced him to six months'...

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