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Tag Archives: The Drum
The Coalition has boxed itself into a ridiculous corner on tax – The Drum
OPINION Originally published in The Drum By Warwick Smith Posted 18 Mar 2016, 10:47am According to the Coalition, we can’t raise taxes nor introduce new taxes. And if cutting expenditure is off the table following the dire experience of the … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, tax economics
Tagged Economic policy, politics, taxation, taxation policy, The Drum
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Privatising Medicare payments is a distraction from real reform – The Drum
This article was originally published at The Drum. By Warwick Smith Posted 10 Feb 2016, 10:23am PHOTO: Are we facing a death by a thousand cuts approach to Medicare reform? (Giulio Saggin, file photo: ABC News) Would the privatisation of the … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, Op-ed, Uncategorized
Tagged health policy, Medicare, privatisation, The Drum
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China’s ETS will boost Turnbull’s chances of shifting Coalition policy – The Drum
OPINION By Warwick Smith Originally published by the ABC at The Drum. Posted Mon at 4:19pm PHOTO: A woman rides her bicycle past a coal power station in Beijing. (David Gray, file photo: Reuters) It would be a mistake to … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, climate change
Tagged carbon pricing, climate, ETS, Malcolm Turnbull, The Drum
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Our houses can’t make us all rich
By Warwick Smith First published at ABC’s The Drum Thu 23 Oct 2014, 10:42am While a recent report might suggest Aussies are the richest people in the world because of high house prices, the reality is the true beneficiaries of this … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, Land tax
Tagged Economic policy, land tax, real estate, rent-seeking, taxation policy, The Drum, wellbeing
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Article at The Drum on tax and dividend carbon pricing
Carbon price round two: let’s get it right this time By Warwick Smith Originally published at ABC’s The Drum Posted Fri 29 Aug 2014 Photo: A tax and dividend system could quickly result in a price high enough for renewable … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, climate change, tax economics
Tagged climate, climate change, Economic policy, environment, taxation policy, The Drum
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Reconstructing Economics 