Opinion Pieces news

2010

• 'Health shake-up needed, not just cash' by Tony Scott. Published in The Australian Financial Review, 11 August 2010, p63.
  There should be consequences for hospitals that don't perform well. 
• 'Jobs Forgotten in Policy Free Campaign' by Mark Wooden (The Australian Financial Review, 5 August 2010, p 53).
  Labor’s new Fair Work legislation is geared to protecting and enhancing worker entitlements and rights however it will hurt jobs growth through its impact of Award Modernisation on labour costs, especially for small businesses.
  
• 'Black spots on Libs' blueprint', The Australian 22 July 2010, by Judith Sloan
  Tony Abbott's poor grasp of the real principles of economic reform is worrying, writes Judith Sloan.

• Kookaburra damages award case sounds like bad economics.
  By Assoc Prof Beth Webster and Assoc Prof Paul Jensen. Published in the Fortnightly Review online journal, 15 July 2010.
  ‘Yesterday’s decision of Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd v EMI Songs Australia Pty Ltd (No. 2 – 2010) granting damages to Larrikin Music, heralds a new chapter in bad economics’.
  
• 'Enriched by Kids, Tax-Wise', Judith Sloan and Hielke Buddelmeyer, The Australian, 9 July 2010, p.12.
  People without dependent children lose out.
• 'Mind the pay gap', Judith Sloan, The Australian, 17 June 2010
  
  
• 'A hole in the safety net', Mark Wooden, The Australian Financial Review, 9 June 2010, p. 62.
  Fair Work Australia has been anything but fair to the nation’s unemployed, writes Professor Mark Wooden, Deputy Director, at the Melbourne Institute.

• 'Jobless fall no reason to raise rates', Mark Wooden, The Australian Financial Review, 21 January 2010, p. 47

2009

• Obama Accord a good thing amid Copenhagen fiasco
• 'Minimum-wage freeze will keep people in jobs', Mark Wooden, The Australian Financial Review, 27 March 2009, p. 59
• 'Planning for surprising times', Stephen Sedgwick, The Age, 7 March 2009, p. 10

2008

• 'Robbing Peter to pay Paul not the answer', Hielke Buddelmeyer, Guyonne Kalb and Stephen Sedgwick,The Weekend Australian, 4-5 October 2008, p. 22
• 'Necessity: mother of innovation', Paul Jensen and Elizabeth Webster, The Australian Financial Review, 25 August 2008, p. 63
• 'Time to review health insurance policy', Jongsay Yong, The Weekend Australian, 19-20 July 2008, p. 16 (Weekend Professional Health)
• 'On-off doctor supply no real answer', Anthony Scott, The Australian, 31 May 2008, p. 15
• 'National OHS push may need shove', Stephen Sedgwick, The Australian Financial Review, 29 May 2008, p. 79
• 'Now is the chance for change, so leap at it', Anthony Scott, The Australian, 19 April 2008, p. 15 (Weekend Health)
• 'Governments still fail at education 101', Stephen Sedgwick, The Australian Financial Review, 14 April 2008, p. 71
• 'Solution to housing affordability 'crisis' is to help the market work better', Stephen Sedgwick, The Australian, 13 March 2008, p. 30
• 'Governments Can't Close the Gender Wage Gap', Mark Wooden, The Australian, 7 March 2008, p. 12
• 'Five fundamentals for effective reform', Stephen Sedgwick, The Australian Financial Review, 22 January 2008, p. 55

2007

• 'Wage pressure danger lurks on both roads', Mark Wooden, The Australian, 13 November 2007, p. 14
• 'Tax Changes the Work Equation', Hielke Buddelmeyer and Guyonne Kalb, The Australian Financial Review, 18 October 2007, p. 79
• 'New welfare rules won't work for all', Guay Lim and Michael Chua, Australian Financial Review, 11 September 2007 , p. 63
• ‘Bring It On – We’re Not Such Fragile Blossoms After All’, Mark Wooden, The Weekend Australian Financial Review, 23-24 June 2007, p. 63
• ‘Zero-Pay Statistics a Misguided Effort’, Mark Wooden, The Australian, 31 May 2007, p. 10
• 'Making a measure for all innovation', Paul Jensen and Elizabeth Webster, The Age, 9 May 2007, p. 14
• ‘Most Australians Still Picking Up an Honest Wage’, Mark Wooden, The Weekend Australian Financial Review, 5-6 May 2007, p. 63
• ‘Renewed Push to Regulate Overtime is Overkill’, Mark Wooden, The Australian, 13 March 2007, p. 14
• ‘How are Young People Faring?’, Mark Wooden, Professional Educator, 6 March 2007, p. 5

2006

• ‘Pay statistics tell the true story’, The Australian Financial Review, Mark Wooden, 16 November 2006, p. 63
• ‘Pay Ruling Hardly Helpful’, The Australian Financial Review, Mark Wooden, 28 October 2006, p. 82
• 'Unbalanced mix an exercise in confusion', The Australian, John Freebairn, 9 October 2006, p. 12
• ‘Statistics Show They’re Hiring, Not Firing’, The Australian Financial Review, Mark Wooden, 7 September 2006, p. 63
• 'The problem with patents', The Australian R&D Review, Paul Jensen and Elizabeth Webster, September 2006
• 'Make labour more attractive', The Australian Financial Review, John Freebairn, 15 August 2006, p. 63
• 'Bright ideas needed to harness creativity', The Australian Financial Review, Paul Jensen and Elizabeth Webster 10 August 2006, p. 63
• 'Health insurance rebate is very poor medicine', The Australian Financial Review, Jongsay Yong, 28 April, 2006, p.83
• 'A job well done but there's a way to go', The Australian Financial Review, John Freebairn, 7 January 2009, p. 62 (Weekend Essay)

2005

• 'Criteria for selecting the leaders', The Australian, Ross Williams and Nina Van Dyke, 9 November 2005, p. 33
• 'Patents system is a lottery, but it's working well', The Australian Financial Review, Kim Weatherall and Paul Jensen, 19 October 2005, p. 71
• ‘Work changes will do only half the job’, Sydney Morning Herald, Mark Wooden, 5 October 2005, p. 15
• ‘When is a reform not a reform? When it lacks ideological nerve’, The Age, Mark Wooden, 28 September 2005, p. 7 (Business News)
• 'There is still work to do', The Australian Financial Review, John Freebairn and Roger Wilkins, 31 August 2005, p. 62
• 'Drought largesse blocks rural change', The Australian Financial Review, John Freebairn, 26 May 2005, p. 63
• 'Challenge of rebuilding the labour force', The Australian, Peter Dawkins, 7 March 2005, p. 18
• ‘Poverty Relatively Transient’, The Weekend Australian, Bruce Headey and Mark Wooden, 19-20 February 2005, p. 30 Weekend Inquirer section
• ‘Its Time for Workplace Reform’, The Australian Financial Review, Mark Wooden, 13 January 2005, p. 47