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- 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
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Labor’s bid for local control, The Australian
AUSTRALIA should be governed from local communities up, not Canberra down. Last week Julia Gillard announced a referendum to amend the Constitution allowing the federal government to fund local government directly. The Prime Minister argued: “This is about saying yes … Continue reading
Advocates of a nanny state assume we are all children, Courier Mail
Nanny state critics understand that incremental attacks on our freedom to choose are single steps down a longer road to remove individual choice and responsibility. In these pages last week Paul Williams attacked the rising groundswell of Australians who are … Continue reading
Regulating supermarkets does not checkout, Canberra Times
The failure of the ACT’s supermarket competition policy is further evidence that government cannot plan competitive markets. They have to evolve from businesses meeting customer demand. Earlier this week, the government announced it was jettisoning its 2010 supermarkets policy introduced … Continue reading
Selling out press for a bit of pork, The Australian
The spotlight is on Bob Katter, Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott to see whether they’ll sell out our universal human right to free speech for some off-cuts of regulatory pork. Julia Gillard and Communications Minister Stephen Conroy appear to be … Continue reading
Indifference to regulatory price rises a problem, Australian Financial Review
To protect consumers the government should probe the ACCC’s approach to competition before it starts regulating. In Monday’s Australian Financial Review Rod Sims argued: “The way I always approach issues is in two stages. Stage one is, do I think there’s … Continue reading
