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'An inordinately centralized system has destroyed initiative. Most minds trained to attend to process and paperwork details, cannot be expected to take bold decisions...'
by Stuart Ballantyne - 2/04/2026 - 3 comments
Six-figure traffic controllers, union rules, and DEI quotas - Australia’s construction problem is hiding in plain sight.
by Bettina Arndt - 27/03/2026 - 1 comment
In the comic book Bizarro World, all the traditional virtues and verities are turned on their head: good is bad, lies are truth, and villains are heroes. Moreover, this inverted reality is accepted as the norm.
by Gary Banks - 20/03/2026 - 3 comments
Labor says higher CGT will help housing. The real effect may be higher rents and weaker growth.
by Graham Young - 12/03/2026 - 2 comments
A radical budget idea: give every Australian shares in the economy and let dividends replace welfare. Could citizen ownership reshape capitalism?
by Shann Turnbull - 11/03/2026
From jobs to inflation to energy, the aftershocks of lockdowns still ripple through the economy.
by Jeffrey Tucker - 10/03/2026 - 19 comments
AI will impact our unemployment level, but we gauge our inflation from unemployment, so what effect will it have on central banks?
by Ben Rees - 9/03/2026 - 2 comments
High debt, weak growth, rising interest bills. The reckoning rarely arrives politely.
by Brendan O'Reilly - 3/03/2026 - 3 comments
When forecasts fail and rulebooks quadruple, maybe it’s time to ask who’s steering the ship.
by Stuart Ballantyne - 26/02/2026 - 11 comments
Most governments in the western democracies are facing a dilemma – how to rein in spending without losing voter support.
by David Leyonhjelm - 23/02/2026 - 6 comments
Nonscientists Al Gore, John Kerry, Barack Obama, and Bill Gates support taxing the gas of life – CO2
by Ronald Stein and Willie Soon - 23/01/2026 - 11 comments
Australia hasn’t stopped using hardwood. We’ve just outsourced its production, its jobs, and its environmental costs to other countries.
by David Leyonhjelm - 13/01/2026 - 1 comment

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