Archived publication for 2011
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New poll: More Australians agree we are becoming a nanny state, 70% think food, tobacco & alcohol plain packs ineffective
‘A new poll shows the number of people who strongly agree Australia is becoming a nanny state has increased by a fifth over the past year, with 55% believing Australia is a nanny state and more than 70% thinking plain packaging won't be an...
Abolish the grants commission: IPA
Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has called for the abolition of the Commonwealth Grants Commission as part of a wholesale reform agenda for Australian federalism. According to Julie Novak, Research Fellow at the IPA, 'The...
Beyond its use-by date: Australia's system of fiscal equalisation, and how to reform it
Submission to the Federal GST Distribution Review
Tough stand on construction - the right decision
Free market think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs, today welcomed the announcement by the Victorian Government that it would establish and to enforce industrial relations principles on its construction sites. This follows a report in The...
Education and federalism: the last line of defence
One of federalism's great virtues is that it provides a means to smaller government. Demarcated power limits the spending excesses of individual governments and provides a check to overarching state authority. The politics of Australian federalism...
Let kids be kids
An absurd over-protectiveness of our children is being encouraged by our media, culture and government. Our outdoor lifestyle, rugged country and self-reliant mindset served our elders well through tough times. Those being raised to fear a skinned...
Naked extortion? Environmental NGOs imposing involuntary regulations on consumers and business
Naked extortion? Environmental NGOs imposing [in]voluntary regulations on consumers and business
Green groups admit 'good cop/bad cop' collusion to push higher costs on businesses, consumers
Green groups admit 'good cop/bad cop' collusion to push higher costs on businesses, consumers
Green groups admit 'good cop/bad cop' collusion to push higher costs on businesses, consumers
‘Environmental groups have been caught admitting they collude to use Good Cop/Bad Cop strategies to push businesses to adopt expensive ‘voluntary' certification standards that increase costs to business and consumers', said, Tim...
Volume 62 Number 3
James Paterson on whether Julia Gillard is worse than Whitlam, Tim Andrews on how technology can help to end wasteful spending, Sinclair Davidson the mining tax debacle, Ben Hourigan on the popularity of TV's libertarian anti-heroes, and much much...