Crushing the illegal tobacco black market

Leader of the Opposition Angus Taylor shares the Coalition’s plan to crush the illegal tobacco black market and take back control from the organised crime gangs that profit from it.

Business and EconomyGuest UserSeptember 4, 2026Crushing the illegal tobacco black market

The union movement's growing influence on government policy

David Hughes joins 2GB and 4BC radio to discuss the union movement's powerful sway over Labor's policy agenda despite representing a smaller proportion of the workforce than ever before.

How the humble Aussie pie can help solve our housing crisis

From small family business to world's largest pie manufacturer, the extraordinary transformation of the company behind Australia's iconic Four'N Twenty pie carries lessons beyond the bakery. Solving the housing crisis will require the same kind of thinking that turned a regional bakery into a global enterprise : a relentless focus on producing more for less, a willingness to innovate, and the courage to make disruptive changes when the status quo is clearly failing. By John Dahlsen.

Your money or theirs? Taylor forces a real economic contest

The significance of Angus Taylor’s proposal to permanently index personal income tax thresholds is a direct challenge to the quiet expansion of government through bracket creep, and a test of whether serious economic reform is still possible in Australian politics. By Nick Cater.

Business and Economy, Nick CaterSusan NguyenMay 29, 2026Your money or theirs

The economy Labor built: A Budget out of control, leaving you with the bill

Everyday Australians are paying the price for Labor’s high spending agenda and its tax assault on families, argues Tim Wilson in a speech to ACCI.

Business and EconomyGuest UserMay 8, 2026The economy Labor built

Australia's choice: AI leader or AI follower?

Nico Louw joins 4BC Radio to discuss why Australia needs to position itself to attract a greater share of global AI investment.

Business and EconomySusan NguyenFebruary 27, 2026Australia AI leader or follower

An economic reset

Policies that back small and family businesses and the self-employed are the foundations for national renewal. By Tim Wilson.

Business and EconomySusan NguyenFebruary 20, 2026An economic reset

A government of tax scavengers

The government is using the cover of intergenerational equity to justify a raid on Australians’ retirement savings. By Nick Cater.

Nick Cater, Business and EconomySusan NguyenFebruary 12, 2026A government of tax scavengers

The geopolitical impact of livestock exports

The livestock export industry has been a key driver in shaping positive views of Australia in Asia and the Middle East. Unfortunately, argues Andrew Robb, the industry’s geopolitical achievements are not widely understood or appreciated outside regional Australia.

Business and EconomySusan NguyenDecember 4, 2025

Albanese's big spending agenda echoes worst aspects of Whitlam era

Albanese’s big-spending agenda parallels Gough Whitlam’s huge expansion of government. Where the two leaders diverge is in their boldness and vision. By Ted O’Brien.

Business and EconomySusan NguyenNovember 14, 2025Albanese's big spending agenda

Coalition plans to grow the pie

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 EconomyGuest UserSeptember 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