**check against delivery** On Wednesday I had the opportunity to speak to the Sydney Institute on the challenges of climate change and tax reform. It is great to be here speaking at the Melbourne Institute at the Economic and Social Outlook Con... Read more

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THE Rudd Government is set to introduce its emissions trading scheme in 2010 which will impose a price on carbon, as would a carbon tax. The key difference is that under an ETS the government sets the amount of emissions permissible and the permit p... Read more

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  **check against delivery** The Liberal Party is a party of enterprise and individual freedom. It is a party whose mission is to create the economic environment in which Australians can have the greatest range of opportunities in which t... Read more

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 The Liberal Party is a party of enterprise and individual freedom. It is a party whose mission is to create the economic environment in which Australians can have the greatest range of opportunities in which to fulfil their ambitions – for them... Read more

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Mr TURNBULL (Wentworth) (5.15 p.m.)—When the February unemployment figure of four per cent was released last Thursday, we did not hear much about it from the government. All we hear from the Treasurer is how he wants to modernise the economy, whateve... Read more

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Source: Parliament House Mr TURNBULL (Wentworth) (4.02 p.m.)—I welcome the statement by the Treasurer on the crisis in international credit markets. The Treasurer has summarised the history of the development of the crisis, and I will not g... Read more

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Source: Parliament House Mr TURNBULL (Wentworth) (5.15 p.m.)—When the February unemployment figure of four per cent was released last Thursday, we did not hear much about it from the government. All we hear from the Treasurer is how he wants ... Read more

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Reserve Bank Governor, Glenn Stevens' speech to the Treasury this week is a rebuke to Treasurer Wayne Swan, who has been exaggerating the inflation challenge. The Governor describes in a careful and objective way the inflation challenge we are facin... Read more

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Tax Laws Amendment Bill 2008 Wednesday, 12 March 2008 Source: Parliament House Mr TURNBULL (Wentworth) (12.33 p.m.)—Even before coming to office, Labor sought to rewrite our recent economic history. The reality is that the Labor Party, th... Read more

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Source: Hyatt Hotel Canberra 2008 Tax Policy Directions Forum EMBARGO: 12 MARCH 2008 Mr Chairman Thank you very much for your kind invitation to address CEDA’s Tax Policy Directions Forum.  As you know, I have long advocated ta... Read more

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