How much do you really pay in tax?
The Budget’s around the corner and income tax is already being debated. Income tax is easy to calculate. But filing…
Why shouldn’t Facebook block news?
Facebook warned us in September that they would block news. Today they have followed through on their word and you…
JobKeeper is no substitute for job creating policies
Good parents tell their children, “money does not grow on trees”. Unfortunately, some people did not get the memo and…
Tell Chicken Little to go home and stop making policy
In a state with 8 million people in a city of 5 million, 49 locals this week contracted a virus…
NSW budget blazes the trail for post-covid economic reform
New South Wales Treasurer Dominic Perrottet and the Berejiklian government should be commended for the structural reforms in yesterday’s state budget. It…
The government needs to wean itself off tobacco tax
Albert Einstein pointed out the obvious when he said, “We can not solve our problems with the same level of…
Australia can’t hit smoking targets by going cold-turkey
Australia has tried gums, patches, sprays, high excise taxes, and plain packaging. But for the last decade, Australia has collectively…
Why does Big Public Health want to keep us smoking?
My partner started smoking cigarettes in high school. A little over a year ago, he quit, thanks to nicotine vaping.…
What now? A five point plan for post pandemic prosperity
Australians in every state are waiting anxiously for lockdown restrictions to ease. Businesses stand poised to flip their signs to…
Sit down, have a Corona, and let’s talk about the nanny state
Yesterday, we poor taxpayers paid the ABC to reprimand us for stockpiling alcohol in case of a lockdown. This prompted…
A taxpayer’s guide to the ScoMo stimulus
Yesterday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenburg announced their $189 billion eight-plus point plan to stimulate the economy…
Time to drive the luxury car tax out of Australia
Liberals Tim Wilson, Craig Kelly, Jason Falinski and James Paterson are grinding Treasurer Josh Frydenburg’s gears by demanding we send…
The lockouts might be gone, but so is Sydney’s nightlife
In bars across Sydney, people are raising glasses to the repeal of lockout laws. Monday marked the end of the…
Why you’re probably paying more than 50 per cent of your income in tax
The government may not know how to build a working national broadband network, but they do know how to covertly…
An early Christmas present for business and taxpayers, a rude awakening for Sir Humphrey
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has given business and taxpayers an early Christmas present with today’s announcement of cuts to government…
If you want to boost our flagging economy, remember not all fiscal stimulus is created equal
The International Monetary Fund has forecasted a sharp decrease in Australia’s economic growth over the next year. The estimate predicts…
So we’ll hit our renewable energy target by 2020 – but at what cost?
Their ABC is rejoicing. We’ll hit our renewable energy target by 2020. But at what cost? The Australian government only…
An end to parliamentary rorts in one easy step
This week, Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon passionately defended the $46,000 electoral allowance which he, like other MPs, receives from taxpayers…
More evidence plain packaging has failed (unless you’re out to hurt the poor)
Recent studies are sending the premise of plain packaging up in smoke. Plain packaging does not actually reduce cigarette consumption.…
Queensland’s lockout laws have failed. Will NSW Nannies come clean?
A recent study from Griffith University has found that instead of sobering louts up, lockout laws in Queensland have instead…
Keep Sydney safe: rein in the police
Last weekend, Christie Aucamp-Aschutte and a group of friends dancing to the lights of Sydney’s Vivid son et lumière festival…
