Recent Posts
- Labor's bid for local control, The Australian
- Advocates of a nanny state assume we are all children, Courier Mail
- Regulating supermarkets does not checkout, Canberra Times
- Carbon market flaws evident, The Australian
- Selling out press for a bit of pork, The Australian
- Indifference to regulatory price rises a problem, Australian Financial Review
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Price Labor will pay for pricing carbon keeps rising, The Australian
Legislating the carbon tax only exacerbates Labor’s existing crisis of relevance. And it’s not because of a lack of trust over a broken promise. Being in opposition is demoralising for a major political party. But it can be fatal if … Continue reading
No granny chic in nanny state shtick
Risk-averse paternalism makes for a perverse reversal of freedoms. The nanny state isn’t a cheap Tory slogan. It is a threat to our free, open, pluralist society. Chris Middendorp wrote on these pages last week, in justifying why governments should … Continue reading
Taxed to the max on emissions
EXCLUDING and misrepresenting unfavourable data does not provide a credible analysis into Australia’s extremely expensive carbon tax. Yesterday the Climate Institute released its Global Climate Leadership Review that significantly bucked other analyses and concluded Australia’s carbon tax of $23 a … Continue reading
Should packaged alcohol display health warnings?
MANDATED alcohol warning labels don’t work and perpetuate the government-sponsored drift away from individual choice and responsibility that fuels alcohol abuse. Our society is built on principles protecting our rights to choose our own life. That requires us to accept … Continue reading
Finklestein Inquiry should be thrown in the bin
Last Friday the Federal government’s Independent Media Inquiry handed down its report. A tome of criticisms and dodgy data against the media industry, it’s main recommendation is to establish a national media regulator that would be financed by the government … Continue reading
