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- 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
Tag Archives: Free Society
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
Equality for all couples won’t destroy society
THE extension of marriage to same-sex couples needn’t come at the expense of a stable society or religious human rights. In its fashionably early 1996 article on opening marriage to same-sex couples The Economist magazine correctly argued “marriage remains an … Continue reading
It is in everyone’s interest to have competition
The Federal government has announced they are dithering over the Australia Network tender. No one should be surprised it has been taken out of Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd’s hands. For reasons we cannot mention it was always going to be … Continue reading
Private health accounts may solve looming health crisis, The Australian
In a society as wealthy as ours it’s understandable that Australians support universal access to healthcare. But accepting this principle and the current one-size-fits-all structure of Medicare are different. Under the current structure only those who can voluntarily afford to … Continue reading
Medicare needs a shot in the arm, The Punch
Structural reform of Australian healthcare financing can cut inequity and promote universal choice as well as universal service delivery. In a society as wealthy as ours it’s understandable that Australians support universal access to healthcare. But accepting this principle and … Continue reading
