Australia has missed out on a huge amount of investment thanks to “increasingly hostile” government policies that have forced the resources sector into “decline”, new research claims.
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Canberra’s ‘red-tape army’ marches to flat productivity drum
Anthony Albanese has recruited an army of bureaucrats dedicated to red tape and enforcement while going slow on deploying artificial intelligence despite flatlining productivity, as the Labor government dramatically increases the number of permanent public service staff.
Read moreWe can have domestic gas and exports if we lure enough investment
Australia is fortunate to sit atop one of the world’s great natural gas resource bases.
Read moreLiving standards growth under Labor on track for worst level since World War One as ex-RBA governor calls for action
Australia’s economic stagnation under Labor is the nation’s “fundamental problem” as a new report shows living standards growth is at the worst point since the First World War.
Read moreAustralia faces worst decade for living standards growth since WWI
Australia is heading for its weakest decade of living standards growth in more than a century, fuelling support for One Nation and prompting former Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe to warn that fundamental policy change is needed to encourage business investment.
Read more‘Something is wrong with this place’: Kelty slams state of economy
Labor luminary and former ACTU boss Bill Kelty has slammed the quality of economic management in Australia, saying taxes and spending are too high, and there is “something really wrong” when living standards are falling at the same time commodity prices are booming.
Read moreShe’ll be right’ attitude could cost NT billions
The Northern Territory is poised at the edge of a resources boom but the opportunity will pass by without dedicated efforts to make it happen, according to industry leaders.
Read moreTax and migration reforms needed to build Northern Australia, ease pressure on southern states
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Read moreThe Case For A Special Economic Zone Up North
Why does the Northern Territory remain reliant on federal taxpayer funding, and given the record and increasing government debt, combined with the lack of importance for territory votes that federal parties outside the territory have, how long can it rely on the extent of such taxpayer funding?
Read moreGina backs Tax-Free Zones for the North
The Territory’s largest private investor Gina Rinehart has backed the Finocchiaro government’s call to the Albanese Government that it needs to unlock northern Australia’s dormant potential through Special Economic Zones.
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