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Articles: Policy

Australian Bushfires Part III

Having just spent two weeks talking to people directly involved in Australia’s serious bushfires (Victoria and New South Wales), I see an obvious...

Who Benefits While You Pay?

When any orthodox economist from the Democratic Land of Oz talks of policies designed in the ‘public interest’ or the ‘national interest’, I...

Public Choice Theory explains how Western values are being eroded

Being an optimist, I am enjoying the many signs of “sprouting concern” about the destructive influence of the “long march” through our institutions...

Australian Native Title Act…this may surprise you!

To anyone who assumed that the Native Title Act was designed to ‘assist our Aboriginals’, think again. Like most legislation there was much...

Superannuation: for better or worse?

Superannuation is less than super We have come to the end of another annual round of changes to our super fund which, in...

Character Beats Strategy (Every Time): a festive poem

Merry Christmas to all! Ron wrote this festive poem as a way of expressing just how he feels about politics at this special...

Property rights in WA: an endangered species

This speech was delivered at a Property Rights Conference, held at Murdoch University. Addressing a group of the legal fraternity, I implored them...

An offer you can refuse! Say no to the Mafia-style remedy in the Uber vs taxi dispute

Let’s look at the latest attempt to ‘milk the public’ in the emerging open competition between ride sharing businesses such as Uber and...

Role model reversal? Under developed versus developed countries

The real generation gap in Australia Matthew Lynn of The Daily Telegraph recently set out to investigate why the title of developing country...

Why isn’t philanthropy encouraged in Australia?

Our Mannkal Economic Education Foundation was one of the first PPF/PAFs (Private Ancillary Funds) in WA, formed in 2002, and over the years...

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