Forty years after Paul Keating’s famous warning that Australia risked becoming a “banana republic”, this paper argues the country is once again drifting towards economic decline through rising government spending, protectionism and an abandonment of the reform spirit that transformed Australia in the 1980s.

This year, the Australian Government is saying the budget will restore 'intergenerational equity'. This analysis argues that policies presented as promoting ‘intergenerational equity’ are failing to address the structural drivers of inequality. It presents recent polling indicating that young Australians are worried about burgeoning public debt. The paper proposes alternative policies to deliver intergenerational fairness.

This paper argues that the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s (NDIS) rapid cost growth reflects fundamental design and implementation flaws, including vague definitions, weak financial boundaries, and eligibility processes that encourage expansion beyond original intent. It examines failures in sustainability, value for money and fairness, and proposes legislative, assessment and governance reforms to restore accountability and...

This report explores the veracity of the ‘low-tax’ label in Australia by examining both absolute measures of the tax burden and relative measures based on international comparisons. It proposes that the widely-held claim that Australia is a low-tax country is misleading and risks distorting public policy debates.

Amid ongoing debate about media coverage of antisemitism, this paper examines how a shift from reporting to advocacy has led, in many cases, to a negative portrayal of Jews, Israel and related issues. It argues that a decline of trust in much mainstream journalism, as well as job losses, forms an important part of the...