Archived publication for October 2006
Recent publications
Greed WAS good: Australia since the 1980s
In 2006, with a renewed national focus on improvements to Australia’s tax and industrial relations systems, it is worthwhile revisiting the last great period of reform...
The Politics of a Tragedy: The Gretley Mine Disaster and NSW OHS
2007 SA State Budget Opportunity Squandered
Since 2000, GST revenue distributed to the States has increased at an average annual rate of more than 9 per cent-a huge and unexpected gain. As a result, South Australia is awash with money at levels unanticipated by the architects of the new tax...
Australia's 13 biggest mistakes
Editorial and Table of Contents, October 2006
Volume 58 Number 3
Australia's 13 biggest mistakes, Peter Phelps on anti-Americanism, Alan Moran on myths in public transport, Richard Evans on liberty during the Depression, Jennifer Marohasy on the loss of the Baiji, and much more...
Who pays? Political donations and democratic accountability
All sides of politics share a fear of governments held hostage to wealthy individuals or organisations that use donations to buy influence.
Defending the cause of liberty during the Great Depression
It was in an atmosphere of crisis that three works of Australian history of remarkable quality appeared in quick succession.
The public transport myth
Transport and urban planning generally is the last redoubt of the socialism much admired by yesteryears’ elites.
Moderm campaigning and the federal system
Whereas campaigning used to be largely confined, for most MPs, to the five or six weeks of the campaign, now it is a continuous process.
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