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Stomach churning: Australia’s $316 billion welfare state
Policy reforms must be implemented now to ensure that Australia does not experience a welfare-driven European-style financial crisis. Read More
Fix unsustainable government spending: TARGET30 launch
Australia must act now if future generations are to escape the burdens of higher taxation, more debt and lower standards of living. Read More
‘Monster’ Disability Scheme to blowout by billions
The annual cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme is set to blowout by at least $7 billion. Read More
Privatise Health in NSW or Perish
With health spending set to consume the entire state budget by 2033, the NSW Government should privatise public hospital services to avoid a financial catastrophe. Read More
Scrap the government’s piggy-bank
It is better to grow the Australian economy faster today by spending on productivity-enhancing infrastructure and establishing a lower tax burden than for the government to hoard financial and other assets... Read More
A Streak of Hypocrisy
THIS YEAR’S CHRISTMAS LUNCH FOR RETIREES WILL BE AT THE EXPENSE OF YOUNG TAXPAYERS: Net household saving in Australia have plunged from 12% of GDP in the 1960s to around 5% today.Borrowing to purchase... Read More
With No Particular Place to Go: The Federal Government’s Ill-Conceived Support for the Australian Car Industry
HOLDEN SHOULD BE ON RUDD’S AGENDA IN WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK With the US car manufacturing industry faltering further, the Rudd government’s massive taxpayer-funded support for the Australian car industry... Read More
With No Particular Place to Go: The Federal Government’s Ill-Conceived Support for the Australian Car Industry
HOLDEN SHOULD BE ON RUDD’S AGENDA IN WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK With the US car manufacturing industry faltering further, the Rudd government’s massive taxpayer-funded support for the Australian car industry... Read More
Prices: Why vouchers won’t work while governments set fees
The Bradley report is another chapter in the long story of pricing neglect in higher education, says a report being released today.In a new report, Fixing Prices: Why vouchers won’t work while governments... Read More
Beyond Symbolism: Finding a Place for Local Government in Australia’s Constitution
Local governments could provide schools and fast development approvals if they receive more than just ‘recognition’ in the Constitution. Read More
The Coming Crisis of Medicare
The Coming Crisis of Medicare: Medicare is becoming an anachronism. The ‘free and universal’ taxpayer-funded health systems of the twentieth century were created in an age when medicine was rudimentary... Read More
