by JOHN MIKKELSEN – WHILE Labor’s Federal Budget has copped flak from investors and potential property buyers – including young people it’s supposed to help – it may have created a new defence loophole in legal cases. Anyone facing charges of perjury…
by PAUL COLLITS – JOHN Lennon was the socialist Beatle, as we know. George Harrison? Not so much. Famously, George wrote a song called Taxman. The lyrics are pretty self-explanatory: The sheer size of the policy corruption and the exposure of Australian…
by ROGER CROOK – THE past two weeks have made me wonder just what bench mark the average punter uses when the time comes to vote in a general election. How much do we know about the people on the ballot, or…
by JOHN MIKKELSEN – WHO’D have thought tax could potentially be an issue for the Sex Discrimination Commissioner – or an example of women’s rights breaking an acceptable nexus between male and female? I know many politicians and bureaucrats struggle to define…
by SEAN BURKE – ANTHONY Albanese’s industrial relations position is so out of step with Australian interests he could find himself on the back bench, according to Professor Ian Plimer. The high-profile geologist and political commentator warned if the Prime Minister doesn’t…
JUST as the ancients stood in awe of the then Seven Wonders of the World, so one can but marvel at the mindset of the Left when seeking to re-introduce death duties. Over time, these duties cost public revenue much more than…
THE Tax Institute has recommended the re-introduction of death duties in what surely is one of the worst plans since The Greens campaigned in central Queensland in 2019. It’s common knowledge that national revenue increases when economic activity is stimulated by reducing…
