by David Collyer | Nov 18, 2014 | Articles
Australia has two infections that compromise our economic health. Their remarkably similar symptoms – fever, delirium, impaired judgement – muddy diagnosis and hamper effective treatment. Most are familiar with ‘Dutch disease’, where a resource bounty – in...
by David Collyer | Nov 14, 2014 | Commentary
by David Collyer | Oct 31, 2014 | Commentary
Land in Australia should be dirt cheap. All levels of government must explicitly recognise outstanding access to land for all is a key national advantage that simply cannot be imitated by other countries. For state governments, close scrutiny of planning and a...
by David Collyer | Oct 29, 2014 | Articles, Henry George Dinner & Address
By Leith van Onselen The AFR’s Alan Mitchell has written a solid piece prognosticating about the best tax reform options to reform Australia’s federation. Predictably, Mitchell mentions raising/broadening the GST in exchange for lower income taxes, which according to...
by David Collyer | Oct 16, 2014 | Articles
Republished with kind permission from www.macrobusiness.com.au By Leith van Onselen The Victorian Government has released its 2013-14 Annual Financial Report, which revealed a $2 billion surplus in 2013-14 – the largest Budget surplus recorded for the state in 15...