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IPA State Business Tax Calculator 2011 - Fact Sheets
IPA State Business Tax Calculator 2011 - Fact Sheets
Resources States Steal March on Low Business Taxes
The mineral-rich jurisdictions of the Northern Territory and Western Australia are maintaining a low-tax gap compared to states on the eastern seaboard, in particular New South Wales and Queensland, according to the free market think tank the...
Submission to inquiry into the Mineral Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills
Submission to inquiry into the Mineral Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills
They just don't get it
As a sovereign nation, Indonesia has the right to run its domestic policy as it sees fit. As a democratic country with a free press, we retain the right to express our opinions. But fundamentally, we do not have the right to force another country...
A history of scientific alarms
Dr Kesten Green lists the 20 most unscientific scares. There is a long and dismal history of alarming forecasts that were literally too bad to be true. But many people believed these predictions that human actions would harm the environment and...
The Next President of Fair Work Australia - Hard to Get the Right Person
John Lloyd, Director of the Work Reform and Productivity Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs commented today on the appointment of a new President of Fair Work Australia (FWA). Mr Lloyd said: "The selection of the next President of Fair Work...
Carbon tax calculator exposes hit to family and business budgets
The Institute of Public Affairs, Australia's leading free market think tank, today distributed thousands of postcards to small businesses across the country highlighting a new research tool which allows Australians to calculate the impact to their...
ANF Industrial Action A Dangerous Precedent
John Lloyd, Director, Work Reform and Productivity at the Institute of Public Affairs said today that the ANF's defiance of orders to suspend industrial action was extraordinary. Fair Work Australia's decision to suspend the ANF industrial action...
An unsustainable economic transformation: How Green groups are creating false foundations and restricting the Australian economy
An unsustainable economic transformation: How Green groups are creating false foundations and restricting the Australian economy. Released 7 November 2011.
An unsustainable economic transformation
An unsustainable economic transformation: How Green groups are creating false foundations and restricting the Australian economy. Released 7 November 2011.