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Reforming Social Housing: financing and tenant autonomy
April 27, 2017RR25

Around 400,000 Australians live in social housing, which includes public and community housing. This sector...

Comments on ‘Better Budgeting Discussion Paper’
April 13, 2017CIS Submission

The following comments are offered in response to the call for submissions on the ‘Better...

Real Choice for Ageing Australians: Achieving the Benefits of the Consumer-Directed Aged Care Reforms in the New Economy
April 9, 2017RR24

The consumer-directed aged care (CDC) reforms are an important opportunity to showcase the benefits of...

Report Card on State Finances
February 19, 2017RR23

The Commonwealth government’s perilous financial position is well known, but the finances of state government...

MEDI-VATION: ‘Health Innovation Communities’ for Medicare Payment and Service Reform
Gerald ThomasNovember 2, 2016RR21

Health Innovation Communities (HICs) would essentially constitute an Australian ‘Silicon Valley’ for health – hubs...

Fix it or Fail: Why we must cut company tax now
October 4, 2016RR20

Australia needs to cut company tax to 25% to boost business investment, which is currently...

Prison
Don’t let death become an easy way out for criminals
September 3, 2025DAILY TELEGRAPH
Hume’s death raises serious questions. Not just about his rights, but about ours. About the...
The end of cash for diagnosis? Now that would be a good thing
August 28, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN
The Albanese government’s plan to divert children with mild developmental delays out of the NDIS...
Productivity roundtable’s uncertain impact. What was the point?
August 23, 2025CANBERRA TIMES
Surely it was not the 10 supposed reform directions, some of which contradict the others...
degrowth
Summit must end national complacency about Australia’s prosperity
August 18, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
The Economic Reform Roundtable should commit to making Australia an aspirational and enterprise-driven, high-growth nation...
What Would Tocqueville Say About the NDIS? 
August 15, 2025SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

A curious query was put to me recently: What would Alexis de Tocqueville say about...

At this rate, the only outcome from this summit will be making us poorer
August 9, 2025CANBERRA TIMES

As we approach the productivity summit to end all summits, the various players have begun...

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