John Humphreys | Spectator Australia
The goal isn’t to boost share prices or corporate profits, but to increase productivity so working people can benefit from higher wages and lower prices.
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John Humphreys
Journalists are citing questionable modelling in their crusade for higher taxes. Eager to undo one of Australia’s most significant microeconomic reforms in decades, journos are pressuring the government to instead embrace higher taxes.
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Ebony Graveur | Spectator Australia
When one human being is trying to convey an idea to another, clarity is the goal and navigating language can be a treacherous undertaking.
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Barclay McGain | Spectator Australia
Is an increase to the minimum wage really the solution to low-income earners feeling the pinch of runaway inflation? Not even close.
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Brian Marlow
Like clockwork, the moderate faction are decrying the only reason the election was lost was due to the LNP not being green enough and not putting more resources into costly renewables. They point to losing key moderate strongholds as evidence of this, while ignoring the swings in the rest of the country that tell a different story.
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John Humphreys
From diversity of trade to competition-fueled innovation: Free trade is a powerful force for economic growth. A shift toward freer international trade during Australia’s productivity reforms in the 1980s led to a golden period of economic prosperity that we continue to benefit from 30 years on. But trade deals and free trade are two very different ball games
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For something so openly talked about across social and mainstream media, the astronomical price of fuel—and the costing behind it—is widely misunderstood. A good chunk of the price of petrol comes down to nothing other than good old taxes.
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Samuel Chamberlain | Tim Andrews Essay Prize winner
On one hand, polls shows an ever decreasing trust in our government and media institutions. On the other, any suggestion that pandemic health measures had gone too far were labelled ‘conspiracy theory’. This paradox reflects nearly every defect in Australia’s Covid response.
Read MoreBy Barclay McGain | Quadrant
A top-secret email chain is the latest twist in the saga involving an ABC journalist, a defamatory tweet and a hefty legal bill. It poses the question: What good is a public broadcaster if it can’t be trusted to meet the baseline standard of integrity—transparency?
In case it isn’t clear, Mr Perrottet, the people of New South Wales are crying out for freedom and you - now wielding the keys to the kingdom - have the keys to the cage.
They are the heart of Australian cities, towns and neighbourhoods but brutal COVID-19 restrictions have left community sporting organisations gutted.
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Across Australia’s east coast, the political split is blatant with all three incumbent governments in support of hidden speed cameras. It poses the question: Why is a party’s position perfectly aligned with whether or not it is in power?
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For years we’ve been told that the driver of upward economic mobility and the antidote to sticky wages is a higher minimum wage. When we consider the impact high price floors have on demand, we can see a too-high minimum wage comes at the cost of jobs.
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How much would you pay to access ABC content? Nearly all Aussie households subscribe to at least one streaming service. Is it time for the ABC to adopt a similar 'user-pays' model?
Read MoreBy Xin Yuan Quek | The Spectator
Australians are fighting for survival because of bad policies, it’s hardly the time to introduce more of them.
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By Dr. John Humphreys
The NSW budget echoes the mistakes of the federal and Victorian budgets with reckless spending and unnecessary deficits for years into the future.
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By Xin Yuan Quek | The Spectator
Superannuation looks beautiful on paper, but actually limits workers’ freedom to choose how they want to use their money. Some workers may accrue savings in their super, but others may be struggling to pay their bills in the present time
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By Xin Yuan Quek | The Daily Telegraph
The Biden administration is considering a scheme that would levy a carbon tariff on Australia. A carbon tax or tariff would kill jobs. We should instead embrace science and innovation to safeguard our economy while protecting the climate.
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By Emilie Dye | The Spectator
Income tax is easy to calculate. But filing your taxes and sending your dues the ATO is only the beginning. Australians are taxed not only on their earnings but also when they spend and when they save. Sometimes we even pay tax on taxes.
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By Emilie Dye | Townhall
No one likes to think about people being unable to pay rent and losing their homes. But as I learned in high school reading Henry Hazlitt, “The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.” And the eviction moratorium, which the CDC extended this week for the second time, completely ignores landlords.
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