Australian Federal Election 2025

orr said:

When you sit back and look at the anomalous situation of a Conservative red state in the US, Texas; Renewable energy projects approved and constructed and operating.
And then Progressive , blue state California projects held up by byzantine regulation.

I'm want to give any advice let alone to the current Liberal Party; but for those in the Coalition who can read... 'Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson "Abundance".
But to try and explain the cost curve of PV to Joyce, Canavan, and McCormack? you may as well be trying to explain rocket telemetry to chimpanzees ... they know all to well about lobbyist wants though.

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PZ. said:

Those issues are better solved by taxation reform and hopefully Labor will grow some nuts and do it this term. Prosecute the case for a cash flow tax to replace less efficient taxes. It won't happen under Albo so the Coalition will have to do it.


One driver of productivity is advances in technology and infrastructure. Eg: some running costs for self employed are lower than when I was running my business in the 80's, 90's. Centralised wages, 60% income tax, 17% interest rates, those good ole bag phones cost $$$ and the plan / call charges were exorbitant compared to today.
On the other hand cheaper petrol, road tolls, rego / insurance would be nice

International competitiveness is set by the market

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PZ. said:

In the above post we touched on the idea of a cash flow tax. The Productivity Commission is now calling for a lower company tax rate for small business and to fund that cut with a cash flow tax of 5%

Small business tax cut to 20pc under new reform proposal

Small companies would pay less tax, but the largest could pay more under a new reform proposal from the independent agency tasked with helping to shape Labor's economic reform agenda.

www.abc.net.au

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