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Most people agree that some rules are necessary for markets to work. But what rules do we really need? And how can we make sure they do not become too much of a burden on businesses and consumers?

Scepticism should rule in GST debate
Michael PotterNovember 2, 2015ABC The Drum

Australia: write this out 100 times: the GST is not a perfect tax. All taxes...

Universal income would cost the earth
Simon CowanOctober 30, 2015Ideas@TheCentre

One of my favourite aphorisms is ‘if something looks too good to be true, it...

Busting tax myths of Deloitte
Michael PotterOctober 30, 2015Ideas@TheCentre

Deloitte Australia’s Mythbusting tax reform report has made a useful contribution to the tax debate,...

MEDIA RELEASE: Fans of GST hike ignore KPMG data on company and personal taxes
Michael PotterOctober 28, 2015

While there has been a strong focus on KPMG’s international comparison of GST rates, media...

Deloitte’s myths need busting
Michael PotterOctober 28, 2015Business Spectator

While Deloitte Australia’s report Mythbusting tax reform has made a useful contribution to the tax...

MEDIA RELEASE: Deloitte’s tax myths need busting
Michael PotterOctober 26, 2015

Deloitte Australia’s report Mythbusting tax reform has made a useful contribution to the tax debate,...

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%...

TARGET30: Towards smaller government and future prosperity
Peter Saunders, Robert Carling, Simon CowanMarch 6, 2013T30.01

The size of government in Australia (federal, state and local) has been steadily expanding over...

Back to the Bad Old Days? Industrial Relations Reform in Australia
Alexander PhilipatosDecember 6, 2012PM133

Since the Labor Government replaced WorkChoices with the Fair Work Act, many business leaders have...

Book Launch: ‘The Modest Member: The Life and Times of Bert Kelly’
Malcolm TurnbullDecember 4, 2012

Hal Colebatch’s ‘The Modest Member: The Life & Times of Bert Kelly’ Centre for Independent...

The Condensed Wealth of Nations and The Incredibly Condensed Theory of Moral Sentiments
Eamonn ButlerJune 12, 2012OP126

Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations is one of the most important books ever written....

Regulation or Strangulation? Banking After the Global Financial Crisis
Ian Harper, Robert CarlingJune 12, 2012PF23

Rightly or wrongly, inadequate regulation of finance has taken much of the blame for the...

Alarm bells ringing on more interest rate pain
Michael StutchburyMarch 18, 2026DAILY TELEGRAPH
Australians were losing faith that the combination of Labor’s economic policies and the RBA monetary...
Black market lit up by backfiring ciggies tax
Michael StutchburyDecember 2, 2025DAILY TELEGRAPH

Jacking up the price of a product usually ensures that less of it is sold....

Confessions of an Industrial Relations Club reporter
Michael StutchburyNovember 21, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
A half-century on from stagflation, outdated workplace rules and union monopolies remain the biggest barrier...
Productivity roundtable’s uncertain impact. What was the point?
Simon CowanAugust 23, 2025CANBERRA TIMES
Surely it was not the 10 supposed reform directions, some of which contradict the others...
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Summit must end national complacency about Australia’s prosperity
Michael StutchburyAugust 18, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
The Economic Reform Roundtable should commit to making Australia an aspirational and enterprise-driven, high-growth nation...
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Productivity stakes couldn’t be higher at roundtable
Gene TunnyJuly 4, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN
Productivity must trump politics in Labor’s second term...
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Submission to Senate Inquiry into Illegal Tobacco Crisis in Australia
Michael StutchburyJanuary 15, 2026
The federal government should pause increases in tobacco excise to weaken the profit of the...
Submission to the Independent Review of the Australian Public Service
Simon Cowan, Eugenie JosephAugust 1, 2018
Submission to Senate Inquiry on Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan) Bill 2016
Michael PotterOctober 3, 2016CIS Submission

The submission by CIS Research Fellow Michael Potter provides a detailed case for a reduction...

Submission to the Financial System Inquiry Final Report
Patrick CarvalhoMay 3, 2015

Submission to the Financial System Inquiry Final Report      

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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...

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