Recent Posts
- China's stance could send climate policy up in smoke, The Weekend Australian
- Baby boomers retire on a reverse inheritance, The Australian
- Keep Green policies out of business, the Australian Financial Review
- Price Labor will pay for pricing carbon keeps rising, The Australian
- No granny chic in nanny state shtick
- Taxed to the max on emissions
Author Archives: Tim Wilson
China’s stance could send climate policy up in smoke, The Weekend Australian
Changes to China’s climate change policy will make it even harder for political leaders to secure a new global deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions and will extend Australia’s carbon tax pain. As part of its 12th five-year plan, the … Continue reading
Baby boomers retire on a reverse inheritance, The Australian
If baby boomers want choice in their retirement, they should be prepared to spend their own money. Earlier this month, Germany’s ruling Christian Democrats proposed a generation-specific tax to finance the welfare costs of retirees, under which young people pay … Continue reading
Keep Green policies out of business, the Australian Financial Review
The Greens’ strategy to build a business constituency will be successful, at least among the Australian and multinational companies whose rent seeking and vested interests are advanced by Greens policies. Since being elevated to the party leadership, Christine Milne has … Continue reading
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
