Economic Policy
Freely functioning markets embedded in robust institutions underpin the strong economies that give Australians and New Zealanders the capacity and power, as individuals and through voluntary and public sector organisations, to help those who experience hardship and to play their part in maintaining our physical environments.
The advent of the Global Financial Crisis is giving rise to even bigger government hence the CIS sees an increasingly urgent need for further and continuing economic reform. It is especially important that we rationalise the regulatory environment and reform the way services are provided by the public sector. The new policies we need should be based on the same kinds of fundamental economic principles that have underpinned reforms of the financial system and product markets.
Publications
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Future Funds or Future Eaters? The Case Against a Sovereign Wealth Fund for Australia
| 20 Feb 2012 | Policy MonographsThis paper considers the arguments for and against greater use of a sovereign wealth fund in Australia. It argues that the... Read More...
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Price Drivers: Five Case Studies in How Government is Making Australia Unaffordable
| 14 Dec 2011 | Policy MonographsGovernment influences price levels in more ways than is immediately apparent. Through its direct and indirect interventions... Read More...
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Trans-Atlantic Fiscal Follies: The Sequel
| 30 Nov 2011 | Policy ForumWhat started as the US subprime crisis became the global financial crisis and has now developed into the Trans-Atlantic sovereign... Read More...
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The Decade-long Binge: How Government Squandered Ten Years of Economic Prosperity
| 17 Nov 2011 | Issue AnalysisGovernment spending in New Zealand has increased enormously over the past decade in order to meet social goals. From 2000-2010... Read More...
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Free-Trade Ferries: A Case for Competition
| 27 Oct 2011 | Issue AnalysisSydney needs a network of ferries that is able to cater to the city’s changing demographics but is also financially sustainable... Read More...
Opinion & Commentary
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Why a sovereign wealth fund won't work
| 21 Feb 2012 | Business SpectatorMany of the desirable objectives of a sovereign wealth fund could be achieved through greater use of enforceable fiscal policy ... Read More
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Gonski: less for private schools
| 21 Feb 2012 | Australian Financial ReviewThe Gonski report's model as it applies to non-government schools has several redeeming features. It provides for a minimum ... Read More
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Future Funds or Future Eaters? The case against a Sovereign Wealth Fund for Australia
| 20 Feb 2012 | The ConversationIt has also been argued that Australia needs a SWF to better manage the macroeconomic consequences of the “terms of trade” ... Read More
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In search of a Greek hero
| 14 Feb 2012 | Business SpectatorTo escape from its current mess, Greece does not need more Sisyphus work. It needs someone to tackle the Herculean task ... Read More
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Fast rail go-slow
| 10 Feb 2012 | The Geelong AdvertiserLong-distance passenger trains are running slower than they were in the steam engine era on some lines in New South Wales ... Read More
Ideas@TheCentre
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The taxman cometh
| 17 Feb 2012The government isn’t making any economic sense fighting against a deficit in the budget....
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New report, old story
| 17 Feb 2012Ferry reform must happen to introduce competition into the market and lower the cost for commuters....
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Who needs a car industry anyway?
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Foreigners are not going to take our food
| 10 Feb 2012Foreigners owning agricultural land is not a threat to our food security....
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‘Building a new economy’ – really, Prime Minister?
| 10 Feb 2012Government should look at the big picture and give the private sector the best tools to build a solid economy....
