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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.
Trading away competitiveness
NEW REPORT: FREE TRADE CONSENSUS UNDERMINED BY GREEN GROUPS ‘With support from across the political aisle, Australia's trade policy is being distorted by green groups to achieve their backdoor political and environmental aims,' said Tim...
Plain packaging may require up to $3.4 billion taxpayer gift annually to big tobacco and film companies
"Bad anti-intellectual property laws by State and Federal Parliaments could require taxpayers to gift up to $3.4 billion per year in compensation to film companies and big tobacco for the loss of their trademarks", Director of the IP and Free...
Government Decision Ensures Book Readers Will Pay up to 32 Per Cent More
"Today's decision by the Rudd Government to keep parallel import restrictions on books will ensure consumers pay up to 32 per cent more than if they were scrapped," said Tim Wilson, Director of the Intellectual Property and Free Trade Unit at the...
Misguided Palm Oil Campaigns Won't Help Orang-Utans, But Will Harm Asia's Poor
"Misguided campaigns by the Melbourne Zoo, celebrities and activists lack understanding of why forest and orang-utans are being lost. It isn't palm oil it's poverty", said Tim Wilson, Director of the Intellectual Property and Free Trade Unit at...
Swan should reduce, not increase, investment restrictions
‘During the middle of a global financial crisis, Wayne Swan should be loosening, not increasing, restrictions to investment capital into Australia', Director of the IP and Free Trade Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs, Tim Wilson, said...
Climate talks should focus on removing low-carbon tech tariffs, not patents
"UN Climate Change Talks commencing in Accra, Ghana tomorrow should focus on removing tariff and non-tariff barriers on low-carbon technologies, not patents", Tim Wilson, Director of the Intellectual Property (IP) and Free Trade Unit at the...
WTO trade negotiation collapse will harm Australia and the world's poor
"The collapse of the World Trade Organisation's Doha Round of trade negotiations will harm Australia and the world's poor", according to Tim Wilson, Director of the IP and Free Trade Unit at free market think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs.