MURRAY-DARLING BASIN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY BILL 2019
Submission to the Senate Environment and Communications Legislative Committee | By the Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance | Satya Marar
The ATA welcomes a Murray-Darling Basin Commission of Inquiry in light of the $8.5 billion in revenue that Australian taxpayers have contributed for the health of the river system. The ATA is concerned that this exorbitant and substantial expenditure has not delivered adequate environmental or economic returns and has failed to meet the purported objectives of the laws that govern Australia’s water management.
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Review of Model Defamation Provisions
Submission to NSW Department of Justice | By Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance | Satya Marar
The ATA is concerned with defamation laws both as a result of high-level considerations about the impact of defamation laws on individual freedom — particularly the freedom of speech — and from a real world perspective…
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Personal Choice and Community Safety
Joint Submission to WA Legislative Council | By Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance and MyChoice | Tim Andrews and Satya Marar
While ATA and MC recognise the need for appropriate controls in the interest of protecting individuals and the community, it is submitted that this principle does not justify undue restrictions on informed adult citizens in the name of securing their ‘own good’.
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Tobacco Control Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
Joint Submission to NT Parliament | By Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance and MyChoice | Tim Andrews and Satya Marar
The ATA recognises the public health threat posed by smoking and supports evidence-based public health policy which encourages smoking cessation and/or reduces smoking-related health harms.
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Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
Submission to Department of Home Affairs | By Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance | Satya Marar
If enacted, the Bill may also impose an unworkably complex burden on businesses and discourage tech entrepreneurship and investment in Australia. The ATA is also concerned that the Bill may encourage over-reach by law enforcement and allow access to information without a warrant by foreign law enforcement agencies.
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Plain Packaging Regulations
Joint Submission to Health Canada | By Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance and MyChoice Australia
The ATA and MC recommend that Health Canada consider the above-mentioned evidence from Australia by comparison to other nations and decline to pass the contemplated plain packaging regulations.
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Cheap Energy Guarantee: A nine-point solution for Australia's electricity crisis
Report | By Australian Taxpaypers’ Alliance| Satya Marar
Cheap and reliable electricity supply is an essential component of any industrialised nation’s prosperity and growth. Electricity is the driving force behind technological innovation and an essential input of production in most goods and services. It is vital to ensuring that products are supplied efficiently at affordable prices for Australian families, businesses, and workers.
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Obesity Epidemic in Australia
Submission to Australian Senate Select Committee | By Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance
For these reasons, our submission will follow the terms of inquiry and deal especially with the proposed sugar tax policy which we believe will harm businesses, hurt consumers, especially those of low socio-economic status, and is unlikely to achieve a material impact on public health which could justify its adverse impacts.
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Competition in the Australian Financial System
Submission to Productivity Commission | By Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance | Tim Andrews
Our submission is limited to the issue of interchange fees. In our view, there commendation regarding interchange fees in the Draft Report is based on a misunderstanding of the role of the interchange fee within the current payments system.
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Inquiry into the Music and Arts Economy in NSW
Submission to NSW Parliament | By Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance | Tim Andrews and Satya Marar
Although we are concerned by the impact of burdensome restrictions and regulations that have damaged the arts, music and nightlife economy in NSW due to our libertarian principles, we accept that genuine community concerns about social amenity, noise pollution and public safety ought to be addressed in a fair manner with evidence-based policy.
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Inquiry into Electricity suppy, demand and prices in New South Wales
Submission to NSW Parliament | By Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance | Tim Andrews and Satya Marar
Our concerns about electricity prices in NSW stem from the heavy burden these prices have placed on our individual members whose standards of living have been impacted and whose businesses are damaged through lost productivity due to higher cost inputs.
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Tobacco Harm Reductions: A formula to save 500,000 Australian Lives
Joint Report | By the Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance and My Choice Australia | Satya Marar
Tobacco smoking is one of the greatest public health challenges facing our society today, causing the deaths of 19,000 Australians every year with estimated annual social, health and economic costs over $31.5 billion.
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Proposals for a Better Australia
Report | By Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance
Australia has a remarkable history of successful economic and political reform. From the early 1980s to the mid-2000s, governments from both sides of politics enacted fundamental, visionary reforms that have led to an unprecedented period of economic growth and prosperity. As a result, Australia entered the 2008 global financial crisis with a strong and vibrant economy, and zero net government debt.
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