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11 June 2026

A Week to Count a Vote Is Not Patience — It Is a Quiet Failure of the State

Spare a sympathetic thought for California, the only American state proud enough of its public administration to insist that counting paper takes a fortnight.

Politics

10 June 2026

Senator Sharma's Six-to-Eight-Week Inquiry Is the First Honest Concession in This Tax Debate

The Albanese government has set aside two parliamentary sitting days for the inquiry into its proposed capital gains tax and negative gearing changes.

Economics

23 February 2026

Australia's Economy Grapples with Stubborn Inflation and Rate Hike Reversal

Australia's economy, once buoyed by post-pandemic recovery measures, now faces a challenging landscape marked by resurgent inflation, a surprise interest rate hike, and sluggish productivity growth.

Down Under: Australia's Growth Agenda – Or How to Stop Being a Bloody Bureaucratic Babysitter and Let the Economy Roar

Ah, Australia. Land of the endless barbie, venomous everything, and a government that treats its economy like a fragile joey in a pouch – overprotected

Public Policy

12 January 2026

Stamp Duty: An Economic Burden on Australia's Housing Market

In the realm of taxation, few policies are as contentious and economically harmful as stamp duty on property transfers. This levy, imposed on the purchase of homes, has long been a staple of state government revenues in Australia.

Economics

12 January 2026

In the Quiet Corners of History

In the quiet corners of history, one often finds echoes that resonate with the clamour of the present.

Politics

12 January 2026

Australia's Welfare: Unfunded, Wasteful, and Abused

Australia's welfare system faces serious problems. It is unfunded. It is wasteful. It is abused. These issues threaten the nation's finances. They harm those who need help most. This article explores these flaws. It draws on economic insights. Reforms are needed now.

Politics

12 January 2026

Virginia’s Regulatory Reforms: A Beacon for Weary States

In the rolling hills of Virginia, where the Shenandoah River carves its ancient path through the blue ridges, there's a quiet revolution underway—not one of muskets or manifestos, but of paperwork and policy

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The Prime Minister is about to give a speech about artificial intelligence and the country is still poorer at the end of it

The Coalition's primary vote has now collapsed to 17 per cent, Andrew Bragg used the half-hour with Patricia Karvelas on Tuesday to confess the cause, and Liberal MP Garth Hamilton spent Question Time being marched out of the chamber.

The Albanese tax package became law on Thursday, and the market took A$185 billion off the country's two biggest cities while the lobbyists congratulated themselves.

Keir Starmer told the House on Monday that he was resigning, and Britain will soon have its seventh prime minister in ten years

The Coalition is now a minor party and One Nation is the alternative government, and the Roy Morgan numbers have stopped being a protest

Albanese and Chalmers got their tax package through the Senate, and the only Australians who escaped it were the ones with the best lobbyists

When Energy Goes to Zero, the Earnings Statements You Read Now Become Antiques

The Poverty Rate Has Collapsed. The Dependency Industry Refuses to Read the Number.

The Economist Has Finally Said Aloud What Australian Liberals Have Been Whispering

A Week to Count a Vote Is Not Patience — It Is a Quiet Failure of the State

Senator Sharma's Six-to-Eight-Week Inquiry Is the First Honest Concession in This Tax Debate

Idaho’s Charter Schools Rescue: Or, How to Stop Bureaucrats from Amputating Education

The Poverty Rate Has Collapsed. The Dependency Industry Refuses to Read the Number.

The Economist Has Finally Said Aloud What Australian Liberals Have Been Whispering

A Week to Count a Vote Is Not Patience — It Is a Quiet Failure of the State

Senator Sharma's Six-to-Eight-Week Inquiry Is the First Honest Concession in This Tax Debate

Australia's Economy Grapples with Stubborn Inflation and Rate Hike Reversal

Down Under: Australia's Growth Agenda – Or How to Stop Being a Bloody Bureaucratic Babysitter and Let the Economy Roar

Stamp Duty: An Economic Burden on Australia's Housing Market

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The Prime Minister is about to give a speech about artificial intelligence and the country is still poorer at the end of it

The Coalition's primary vote has now collapsed to 17 per cent, Andrew Bragg used the half-hour with Patricia Karvelas on Tuesday to confess the cause, and Liberal MP Garth Hamilton spent Question Time being marched out of the chamber.

The Albanese tax package became law on Thursday, and the market took A$185 billion off the country's two biggest cities while the lobbyists congratulated themselves.

Keir Starmer told the House on Monday that he was resigning, and Britain will soon have its seventh prime minister in ten years

The Coalition is now a minor party and One Nation is the alternative government, and the Roy Morgan numbers have stopped being a protest

Albanese and Chalmers got their tax package through the Senate, and the only Australians who escaped it were the ones with the best lobbyists

When Energy Goes to Zero, the Earnings Statements You Read Now Become Antiques

The Poverty Rate Has Collapsed. The Dependency Industry Refuses to Read the Number.

The Economist Has Finally Said Aloud What Australian Liberals Have Been Whispering

A Week to Count a Vote Is Not Patience — It Is a Quiet Failure of the State

Senator Sharma's Six-to-Eight-Week Inquiry Is the First Honest Concession in This Tax Debate

Idaho’s Charter Schools Rescue: Or, How to Stop Bureaucrats from Amputating Education

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The Poverty Rate Has Collapsed. The Dependency Industry Refuses to Read the Number.

The Economist Has Finally Said Aloud What Australian Liberals Have Been Whispering

A Week to Count a Vote Is Not Patience — It Is a Quiet Failure of the State

Senator Sharma's Six-to-Eight-Week Inquiry Is the First Honest Concession in This Tax Debate

Australia's Economy Grapples with Stubborn Inflation and Rate Hike Reversal

Down Under: Australia's Growth Agenda – Or How to Stop Being a Bloody Bureaucratic Babysitter and Let the Economy Roar

Stamp Duty: An Economic Burden on Australia's Housing Market

In the Quiet Corners of History

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A Week to Count a Vote Is Not Patience — It Is a Quiet Failure of the State

Senator Sharma's Six-to-Eight-Week Inquiry Is the First Honest Concession in This Tax Debate

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Down Under: Australia's Growth Agenda – Or How to Stop Being a Bloody Bureaucratic Babysitter and Let the Economy Roar

Stamp Duty: An Economic Burden on Australia's Housing Market

In the Quiet Corners of History

Australia's Welfare: Unfunded, Wasteful, and Abused

Virginia’s Regulatory Reforms: A Beacon for Weary States

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