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Articles: Taxation

Australia: Four Decades – Full Circle

There’s a good reason why my book Heroic Misadventures is subtitled ‘Australia: Four Decades – Full Circle’. In the 1970s we saw Australia’s...

Canberra is 200 square kilometres, surrounded by reality!

In 2011, Canberra was named as the growth driver for Australia’s economy, even outpacing Western Australia at the time. Home building, new mortgages...

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Taxation trauma

At this time of the year many small and large businesses assemble their financial year results and set out plans for the coming...

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Why not start your own country?

News of Prince Leonard of Hutt’s abdication this week reminded me of the great ‘royal visit’ of 1977, when royalty descended on Kalgoorlie....

Flight MH370 and political travel rorts

A lost plane and pollies perks Both of these issues are classic examples of what economists call public choice theory. This is the...

Tallinn, Estonia: 2016 Free Market Roadshow

This is part of a speech presented while visiting Vilnius, Tallin, Warsaw, Gdansk and Kiev for the 2016 Free Market Roadshow. Australia’s claim...

The other side of the same coin

This is a copy of speech Ron made at the Mannkal Scholars and Friends Cocktail Party, held at the University of Western Australia...

Our tarnished regulators

Rules and regulations are important aspects of our Western Civilization, as without them we would descend into savagery. However, those charged with the...

An optimistic future of the mining industry

The full title of this article is “The RDT (Rudd Dud Tax) — An optimistic future and indisputable evidence that the royalty-based tax...

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The language of leadership

This keynote speech was presented at AMEC 2009 National Mining Congress, held at Perth Convention Exhibition Centre. In 2005 AMEC established the Sir...

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