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2025

A lesson in reform from across the ditch
Australia should follow New Zealand’s lead and replace inefficient fuel excise taxes with road user charges that better align costs with actual road use.
A bad tax that keeps getting worse
Australia’s luxury car tax is an outdated, distortionary revenue grab that quietly expands through bracket creep, punishes consumer choice, and delivers little in return.
Too broken to fix
Chalmers’ productivity roundtable appears to be dead on arrival.
Luxury apartments make all housing more affordable
New housing, even luxury, will help to ease the affordability crisis.
The vocal minority
How vocal minorities can stall housing reform, no matter the broader social cost.