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Nicholas Tam

Even eccentric billionaires have natural rights

Failure to overturn Western Australia's "Palmer law" would be fatal for Australia's rule of law and its investment reputation.

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According to Harvard University’s Atlas of Economic Complexity, Australia’s dependence on agriculture and mining mirrors the export profile of Angola and means our economy is less sophisticated than those of Senegal and Uganda.

Fortunately for us, our GDP per capita ranks 11th in the world courtesy of a rule of law also ranked 11th in the world by the World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index compared with Angola’s 110th, Senegal’s 52nd, and Uganda’s 117th.

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Nicholas Tam is a Hong Kong-based Australian lawyer.

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