The world according to Ken Henry
Henry believes there is no ‘more important’ way to lift our productivity growth than fixing our environmental laws. Really, Ken?
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Labor’s new super grab breaches basic tax morality
Paul Keating has bitten his tongue about the Albanese government’s lurch to the progressive left on economics and its rejection of sound policy. But Jim Chalmers’ foolish proposal was a bridge too far.
Three lessons on big-bang growth from the true reformers
I hope I’m wrong, but the roundtable is shaping up as a re-run of the 2022 jobs summit, a cynical exercise to achieve support for an anti-growth, anti-productivity agenda, this time on tax.
It’s hard to take anything Chalmers says seriously
The long list of rats-and-mice policy changes Jim Chalmers points to in defence of his economic record – 12 in all, many of which can be expected to hurt productivity – don’t amount to a hill of beans.
PM’s roundtable must puncture Canberra bubble
It’s hard not to be cynical about Anthony Albanese’s August productivity roundtable, let’s hope there is a scintilla of sincerity behind the whole idea.
What Dr Jim failed to learn from his mentor, Mr Swan
While there are obvious differences, the parallels between Chalmers’ current tax misadventure and Swan’s mining tax are striking.
Lift cultural blocks to get back on road to prosperity
A way out of our self-inflicted productivity crisis – if only we’re brave enough to take it.
Failing one-party state an ominous warning for nation
If there is one constant in Australian fiscal affairs, it is that the Victorian Labor government will spend excessively, mismanage major projects, swell the public service and inflate the state’s debt.
New Liberal leaders must challenge ALP conception of ‘fair’
Labor bestows favours on those it deems more morally deserving and penalises everyone else. This has nothing to do with genuine compassion or caring for the vulnerable.
‘Sensible right’ can rebuild by ending policy me-tooism
Far from signalling the death-knell of the sensible right in Australia, the Coalition’s catastrophic defeat represents an opportunity for renewal.
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