Category Archives: State Politics

Queensland Election Forum

Posted on 5:00 pm, November 25, 2017 by Sinclair Davidson
Posted in Elections, State Politics | 357 Comments

Daniel – you have one job: Protect life, limb, and property.  

Posted on 11:17 am, June 6, 2017 by Sinclair Davidson

I’m happy to accept that the optimal level of crime is not zero. I’m also happy to accept that we can’t live zero-risk lives. Furthermore there is a price to be paid for living with a very large number of … Continue reading →

Posted in State Politics, Terrorism, Tough on Crime, tough on criminals | 77 Comments

How’s That Landslide Going?

Posted on 2:52 pm, March 31, 2017 by marcus

While everyone in the mainstream media was falling over themselves to congratulate WA Labor on its landslide election victory, TMR noticed that things weren’t quite going to plan in the upper house: The media’s ‘analysis’ of WA Labor’s victory in … Continue reading →

Posted in State Politics | Tagged , , , | 22 Comments

Guest Post: Paul Farmer Scrap the GST formula

Posted on 3:40 pm, March 28, 2017 by Guest Author

The Commonwealth Grants Commission should scrap the current formula of redistribution for the GST as it destructive to a long term successful Federal system. It is not only perverse that WA isn’t getting its per capita share but it is … Continue reading →

Posted in State Politics, Taxation | 41 Comments

Greedy politician comes undone

Posted on 8:58 am, March 14, 2017 by Sinclair Davidson

Last September, as his proposed $5 per tonne iron ore tax enjoyed healthy popular support, a confident WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls sat down with representatives from the big end of the mining sector and told them he was ready … Continue reading →

Posted in Mining Tax, State Politics | 93 Comments

Ruining Melbourne

Posted on 5:31 am, January 16, 2017 by Steve Kates

I’ve been meaning to write this since before Christmas but now on the way back from Copenhagen I think of it as more urgent than ever yet feel a despondency about whether anything can be done to head off this … Continue reading →

Posted in State Politics | 48 Comments

From the NSW Hansard: Peter Phelps on greyhound racing

Posted on 7:06 pm, August 11, 2016 by Sinclair Davidson

The Hon. Dr PETER PHELPS (17:43): When we arrive in this place as parliamentarians we always hope that we will be able to promote good policy which is also good politics. Occasionally we have to promote good policy which is … Continue reading →

Posted in State Politics, Take Nanny down | 93 Comments

David Leyonhjelm guest post. Privatise hospitals

Posted on 10:17 am, February 8, 2016 by Rafe Champion

Imagine if a libertarian like me had his way with health policy and nobody died. It would be a disaster. Not for the public, but for the thousands of public servants and lobbyists who would be out of a job. … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and economy, Guest Post, Shut it down. Fire them all., State Politics, Take Nanny down | 33 Comments

Portable Long Service Leave

Posted on 2:21 pm, December 18, 2015 by Steve Kates

This is not among the major issues of our time, but still. I have just made a submission to the Economic, Education, Jobs & Skills Committee of the Victorian Parliament on whether or not to introduce a further extension to … Continue reading →

Posted in State Politics | 18 Comments

A deeper shade of ignorance

Posted on 12:30 pm, December 17, 2015 by Steve Kates

The greatest political disaster of Keynesian economics was to shift the political focus away from how to raise living standards to how to increase the number of jobs. And the Keynesian answer of increased public spending has been the wrong … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and economy, State Politics | 55 Comments