Why we’ll all pay for South Australia’s bank heist
The South Australia state parliament is in recess for a fortnight. It’s time for Premier Jay Weatherill and his bullish…
New record set for tax hike
This must be a new record for the speed of a tax hike. On Monday 19 June, the federal parliament passed legislation implementing the major bank levy.…
One impact of the budget: sales of white flags are booming
Sales of white flags are going gangbusters, with the Coalition buying out supplies. It isn’t surprising, as they’ve found so…
Budget 2017: a housing policy shambles
The housing measures in the 2017 Budget present a great case study in how expectations can be mismanaged. The government…
Even Greens and Labor voters like lower taxes
Despite the general foolishness of the left, a survey shows 51 per cent of Greens voters support a company tax…
We are a low taxing country?
I’m sure you were all up late on Wednesday night eagerly awaiting the publication of the latest OECD Revenue Statistics.…
The ACT votes for spin
Apparently, Canberrans have decisively voted for a light rail. At least this is how various commentators have interpreted last weekend’s ACT election result. But…
Piking on the Piketty show
Le economiste fashioniste, Thomas Piketty, is in town and my generous wife thought tickets to his talk would be…
Facts have a left wing bias, do they?
I spluttered on my tea recently when reading the claim that facts have a left-wing bias. I suppose the proponents…
