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Labour markets tend to be among the most regulated markets in the economy. While these regulations were meant to protect workers, they are often counterproductive by putting obstacles in the way to job creation. Finding the right balance between these two goals remains a difficult task.

Liberals Drop Ball in Super Free-For-All
November 14, 2011Australian Financial Review

Robert Menzies created the Liberal party in 1944 to celebrate and promote “the individual, his...

Taken for a ferry ride
Alexander PhilipatosOctober 28, 2011

Sydney needs a network of ferries that is able to cater to the city’s changing...

Free-Trade Ferries: A Case for Competition
Alexander PhilipatosOctober 27, 2011IA127

Sydney needs a network of ferries that is able to cater to the city’s changing...

Submission to Remote Participation and Employment Servicing Arrangements
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara HudsonOctober 11, 2011

The Discussion Paper’s focus on participation and employment in remote Indigenous communities is welcome because...

The holy grail of welfare reform
October 7, 2011

Since the mid-1990s, Australia has been at the forefront of a global revolution in the...

Working Towards Self-Reliance: Three Lessons for Disability Pension Reform
October 5, 2011PM124

To successful reduce the number of pensioners on disability support, policymakers must apply the lessons...

The Case for a New Australian Settlement: Ruminations of an Inveterate Economist
Wolfgang KasperJune 26, 2015OP141

Australia needs a cultural counter-revolution that appeals to the traditional Australian spirit of self-reliance and...

Fairer Paid Parental Leave
Matthew TaylorJuly 7, 2014T30.11

Australia spends just under $1.4 billion (2012–13) on statutory Paid Parental Leave (PPL) to provide...

Not Looking for Work: The Rise of Non-Jobseekers on Unemployment Benefits
Andrew BakerJuly 31, 2013PM136

Following the global financial crisis, the incumbent Labor government introduced policies that reduced the job...

TARGET30: Reducing the burden for future generations
David Murray AO, Maurice Newman, Simon CowanJuly 1, 2013PF25

TARGET30 is a campaign promoting smaller government and cutting government spending to less than 30%...

Relics of a Byzantine IR System: Why Awards Should Be Abolished
Alexander PhilipatosMay 23, 2013IA140

Howard’s Work Choices reforms were seen by many as the enemy of the Aussie ‘fair...

Australia and the Asian Ascendancy: Why Upskilling is Not Necessary to Reap the Rewards
Benjamin HerscovitchFebruary 19, 2013IA137

Australia’s Asian embrace: Australia’s exports to Asia are almost triple its exports to the rest...

The government clearly doesn’t understand the consequences of its actions
Simon Cowan, Gene TunnyFebruary 24, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

Despite strenuous protests from the business community, it is hardly surprising that Workplace Relations Minister...

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Alarm bells ringing on the waterfront (again)
Andrew BlythJanuary 20, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

In the throes of a four-month waterfront dispute featuring the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union...

The political winners and losers of 2023
Simon CowanDecember 30, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

The political winners and losers of 2023 Once again it is the time of year...

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Labor shows hypocrisy in partisan political appointments
Simon CowanJuly 29, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

Many would be surprised at the coverage — and controversy — provoked by the appointment...

Taming inflation
Wages can be a great threat to taming inflation
Simon CowanJune 3, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

Reports this week that inflation has again increased to 6.8% for the year to April...

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Pocock’s inclusion committee another blow to fiscal discipline
Robert CarlingNovember 30, 2022AFR

The deal between the Albanese government and Senator David Pocock to get the industrial relations...

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Submission to the Independent Review of the Australian Public Service
Simon Cowan, Eugenie JosephAugust 1, 2018
Productivity Commission Inquiry Into Introducing Competition and Informed User Choice into Human Services: Submission in response to issues paper
Trisha JhaJuly 1, 2016CIS Submission

The Human Services Inquiry is ‘examining policy options in the human services sector that incorporate...

Submission to the National Commission of Audit
Alexander Philipatos, Jennifer Buckingham OAM, Jeremy Sammut, Robert Carling, Simon Cowan, Stephen Kirchner, Trisha JhaApril 1, 2014T30.08

The federal government’s Commission of Audit (CoA) was established in 2013 to review the performance...

Submission to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee
Andrew BakerSeptember 10, 2012

Submission to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee

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Submission to Remote Participation and Employment Servicing Arrangements
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara HudsonOctober 11, 2011

The Discussion Paper’s focus on participation and employment in remote Indigenous communities is welcome because...

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