Economic Policy
Freely functioning markets embedded in robust institutions underpin the strong economies that give Australians and New Zealanders the capacity and power, as individuals and through voluntary and public sector organisations, to help those who experience hardship and to play their part in maintaining our physical environments.
The advent of the Global Financial Crisis is giving rise to even bigger government hence the CIS sees an increasingly urgent need for further and continuing economic reform. It is especially important that we rationalise the regulatory environment and reform the way services are provided by the public sector. The new policies we need should be based on the same kinds of fundamental economic principles that have underpinned reforms of the financial system and product markets.
Publications
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TARGET30: Reducing the burden for future generations
| 01 Jul 2013 | Policy ForumTARGET30 is a campaign promoting smaller government and cutting government spending to less than 30% of GDP in the next 10... Read More...
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Time to Dump Australia’s Anti-Dumping System
| 05 Jun 2013 | Issue AnalysisThis report argues that Australia should scrap its anti-dumping and countervailing system. The report examines the meaning... Read More...
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Relics of a Byzantine IR System: Why Awards Should Be Abolished
| 23 May 2013 | Issue AnalysisAwards are uniquely Australian, and practically as old as the country itself. But in Australia’s modern, competitive economy,... Read More...
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Saving Medicare But NOT As We Know It
| 30 Apr 2013 | TARGET30 Research PapersHigh growth in health spending is the area of public expenditure that will unsustainably increase the size of government... Read More...
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TARGET30 SNAPSHOT: Saving Medicare But NOT As We Know It
| 30 Apr 2013 | TARGET30 SnapshotsHigh growth in health spending is the area of public expenditure that will unsustainably increase the size of government... Read More...
Opinion & Commentary
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Should teenaged shop workers receive a pay rise?
| 12 Jul 2013 | The DrumA wages claim to pay young retail workers equally to adults may sound like a good idea, but it will be a hard sell.... Read More
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Why tax-free imports are a retail red herring
| 24 Jun 2013 | Business SpectatorRetailers would be better served lobbying government for policies other than raising inefficient taxes on low value imports.... Read More
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Union campaign emotive but misleading
| 21 Jun 2013 | ON LINE OpinionIt is misleading to assert that Australian workers are being overworked in insecure jobs.... Read More
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Taxpayer money wasted chasing film productions
| 20 Jun 2013 | The DrumShould the Australian public be supporting Hollywood productions with only dubious benefit to Australia?... Read More
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Dumping on free trade
| 13 Jun 2013 | ON LINE OpinionAustralia’s anti-dumping system will continue to serve the interests of a small number of Australian producers at the expense ... Read More
Ideas@TheCentre
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Why we should support car workers (find new jobs)
| 12 Jul 2013Government should support workers transition to competitive industries and abolish corporate welfare....
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Fixed terms revisited
| 05 Jul 2013The current bout of speculation about the election date reminds us that there is a way to put a stop to this silly game once ...
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Freedom and smaller government
| 28 Jun 2013The issues that we as a society face have only arisen because government has moved away from its core roles....
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Ignoring the writing on the wall
| 28 Jun 2013The ACTU is oblivious to the fact that wage cuts in the automotive industry are a necessary part of the drive to become competitive....
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Corporate welfare still milking government cash cows
| 14 Jun 2013Industry assistance doesn’t achieve the goals it’s supposed to, and should be reduced....
