After three years of Labor’s economic mismanagement, the budget has plunged from a $16 billion surplus to a $10 billion deficit. By Ted O’Brien.

Business and EconomySusan NguyenOctober 10, 2025Coalition plans to grow the pie

The Great Regression: Albanese takes Australia back to the 70s

The industrial relations reforms of the 1980s are being dismantled and centralised control painfully reconstructed under the Albanese government. By Pru Goward.

Business and EconomySimone NicolsonSeptember 26, 2025The Great Regression

From dependency to empowerment: Restoring responsibility to the Budget

Sussan Ley makes the case for moving from dependency to empowerment in a speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia.

Business and EconomySusan NguyenSeptember 19, 2025From dependency to empowerment

Preview of the Economic Reform Roundtable

Ted O’Brien previews the Government’s economic reform roundtable in a special address to the Menzies Research Centre.

The reform drought

The economic outlook for Australia is bleak under a government bereft of ideas and courage. By Nick Cater.

Business and Economy, Nick CaterSusan NguyenJuly 17, 2025The reform drought

Labor's 'eat the rich' super tax will hurt young people

Labor’s super tax won’t eat the rich, but eat the young by denying their aspirations in the short term and stealing their savings in the long term. By Ted O’Brien.

Business and EconomySusan NguyenJune 27, 2025Super tax

The vanishing taxpayer

What happens when savers are punished and dependency is rewarded? By Nick Cater

Business and EconomySusan NguyenJune 13, 2025Vanishing taxpayer

Australia’s productivity problem

Nico Louw joins 6PR Radio to discuss why falling productivity is one of the main reasons Australian living standards have declined in recent years.

Business and EconomySusan NguyenMarch 7, 2025Productivity

Peter Dutton: Economic Address to the Menzies Research Centre

The Leader of the Opposition outlines his vision for Australia in a keynote address to the Menzies Research Centre.

Business and EconomySusan NguyenJanuary 31, 2025

Disconnected from reality

The broadness of the new Right to Disconnect law is likely to open the floodgates of applications to the Fair Work Commission. By James Mathias.

Business and EconomySusan NguyenFebruary 16, 2024

Standing in the way of flexibility

The right to disconnect law severely undermines flexibility and does nothing to increase productivity in our workplaces. By Michaelia Cash.

Business and EconomySusan NguyenFebruary 15, 2024Industrial Relations

The need for genuine tax reform

Australia is too reliant on personal income tax. We need meaningful tax reform to secure the country’s long-term economic prosperity. By Angus Taylor.

Business and EconomySusan NguyenFebruary 8, 2024Taxation

Getting workplace relations right

Getting the policy settings right for workplace relations leads to greater prosperity and productivity and encourages aspiration, says Angus Taylor in his keynote speech to the HR Nicholls Society.

Business and EconomySusan NguyenNovember 24, 2023Getting Workplace Relations Right

Intergenerational Report: Changes in Government forecasts from 2021 to 2023

A summary of the deteriorating forecasts published in the 2023 Intergenerational Report.

Business and EconomySusan NguyenAugust 25, 2023Intergenerational Report

Labor fails to stick the landing on aviation policy

The federal government’s decision to block Qatar Airways from increasing flights to Australia is confounding. More capacity and more competition will ultimately lower prices for consumers. By Jane Hume.

Business and EconomySimone NicolsonAugust 25, 2023