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Health

It's time to lower cigarette taxes
Australia’s high tobacco taxes have created a massive price wedge fuelling a thriving black market, yet its new tobacco and vape tsar doesn’t see a problem.
Incentives matter, NDIS edition
The Albanese government’s move to restrict NDIS eligibility reflects the inevitable economics of subsidising demand and muting price signals.
How to fix the NDIS
Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme is a bloated mess. Can it be salvaged?
The trilemma of age limits, Housing constraints matter, Prices work, and What grows productivity.
Here’s some of what I’ve been reading from outside Australia recently, along with a few short thoughts on each. The trilemma of social media age limits # The Albanese government’s social media age limits— a bad idea based on junk science—will be in place by the end of 2025.
Are you a supervillain?
Would you choose cheaper medicines today, or incentives for innovation that could save millions of lives in the future?