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The Menzies Research Centre has conducted detailed analysis of NDIS data to highlight potential avenues for reform. By Nico Louw.
MRC analysis by Chief Economist Nico Louw reveals significant geographic disparities in NDIS participation rates, which are much higher in lower socioeconomic areas.
The Productivity Imperative: Policies for a prosperous Australia
These measures reveal the government’s true colours: a deep instinct for control, dressed up in the language of public interest. By Anton Issak.
Investing in gas pipelines will deliver a clear return to the nation through cheaper electricity prices and higher productivity. By Nick Cater.
We need to embrace, not fear, disruption from AI. By Sam Fox.
Although there is a broad consensus that we cannot tax and spend our way to prosperity, there is a significant risk that this remains Albanese’s preferred approach. By Nico Louw.
Indexing income tax to inflation is fair, affordable and long overdue. By Nico Louw.
Progressives are embracing the merits of economic growth, and want to own it. This poses a profound threat to the political message that has underpinned conservative political success for decades. By Nico Louw.
By young people, for young people.
OUR PRIORITIES:
Establishing a Youth Action Group comprised of young leaders from each state. The group meets monthly to discuss policy ideas and is often joined by a prominent guest
Conducting polling on young people to understand the concerns of young people and how we can use Liberal values to address them
Developing policy on priority issues for young Australians
Building a media presence of young people willing to advocate for liberalism
A new MRC project on intergenerational inequality will demonstrate how big government, growing debt and a failure to take on economic reform will hurt young people in the long run. By Freya Leach.
The Government’s pre-election proposal to wipe 20% of all HECS debt will create a $16 billion tax that absolves universities of accountability and punishes the 24 million other Australians who don’t hold HECS loans. By Freya Leach.
A majority of Australians believe social media is harmful and support measures to ban access for under 16s, according to polling commissioned by the Menzies Research Centre. By Freya Leach.
Australia leads the world with the highest share of workers in the public sector. While public and community services are expanding rapidly, they are not doing so efficiently. By David Hughes.
Once labelled the sick man of Europe, Greece is now hailed as a model for combining fiscal discipline with pro-growth policies. By Nico Louw.
Ted O’Brien previews the Government’s economic reform roundtable in a special address to the Menzies Research Centre.
The economic outlook for Australia is bleak under a government bereft of ideas and courage. By Nick Cater.
The Hawke Government once led the world in modernising its workplace laws. Now, under Albanese, we are regressing. By David Hughes
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Labor’s super tax won’t eat the rich, but eat the young by denying their aspirations in the short term and stealing their savings in the long term. By Ted O’Brien.
The attitude of the PM and his Government to the strategic competition we face is deeply concerning. They seem determined to simply pay lip service to this challenge, while pretending it doesn’t exist to focus on domestic politics and how to deliver Labor priorities. By Nico Louw.
Whether by design or incompetence, the Government is creating a system where dependence replaces aspiration. By David Hughes
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