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Showdown in Wisconsin
The Midwestern US state of Wisconsin, home to long winters, strange delicacies such as fish boils, and sporting teams such as the Green Bay Packers, seems a strange epicentre for one of the great public policy battles of today: how to rein in...
The Biggest Loser is the Nanny State
The recently concluded reality TV show, The Biggest Loser, contains some surprising lessons for public policy. Of all the reality television shows bombarding us, The Biggest Loser best combines entertainment with the spectacle of social...
Carbon tax will cripple Australian coal industry: new study
The federal government's carbon tax will cripple Australia's coal industry forcing jobs offshore and closing many existing coal mines according to free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. A new report released Monday by ACIL-Tasman...
IPA Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Victorian Charter
Submitted, June 2011.
New report warns of resource bubble
A new report from Standard and Poor's global rating service has warned that current conditions in the commodity markets may represent an unsustainable bubble which is open to a sudden correction. Responding to the report Hugh Tobin, Director of...
Productivity commission shows Australia has high taxes on carbon emissions
PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION SHOWS AUSTRALIA HAS HIGH TAXES ON CARBON EMISSIONS "Australia is incurring more costs and bringing about a more CO2 abatement than any country outside of Europe. This is the result of the study into carbon emission policies...
Queensland the low tax state: the birth and death of an idea, and how to bring it back to life
Queensland the low tax state: the birth and death of an idea, and how to bring it back to life
Taxes on Queenslanders growing faster than in any other state
State government taxes are growing faster in Queensland than in any other state according to a new report launched today by the free market think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs. According to the report the tax take has grown in Queensland...
International warning to Australia on looming iron ore price threat
A new report this week from prestigious international journal The Economist has warned that Australia's current iron ore prices are at risk from competition with Brazil and Africa. Responding to the report Hugh Tobin, Director of the North...
Volume 63 Number 2
James Paterson on Tim Flannery the climate prophet, Tom Switzer on the ALP's identity crisis, Julie Novak on the showdown in Wisconsin, Richard Allsop on taxi deregulation, Louise Staley on the nanny state, and much much more...