Saxon Davidson

Research Fellow @TheIPA

[Alexandra Marshall @ellymelly]

If anyone else put up a protest banner at the National Press Club - they'd be BANNED. Immediately.

@GetUp should be banned from the NPC.

They have demonstrated a total inability to behave in a civilised and respectable manner.

[AFL @AFL]

"He's one of the smartest defenders I think the game has ever seen." 👊

@MatthewLloyd18 on Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee and former teammate Dustin Fletcher.

[Tasmania Football Club @FC_Tasmania]

‘Sam McClure reports’

[The Flight Plan @FlightPlanPod]

To the Dons fans who asked me to post the Archie Roberts incident, here you go.

Carlton fans who had an issue with Farrow pushing Kemp into the fence have been conspicuously silent on Acres slinging-tackling Roberts past the boundary line towards the signage.

Even BT saw it

[Institute of Public Affairs @TheIPA]

Australia cannot be a truly sovereign nation if it relies on other countries for the essentials.

New IPA research has uncovered that years of overregulation, net zero policies, and activist-driven lawfare have weakened Australia's ability to produce the fuel, energy, and industrial capacity we need.

It's time to rebuild Australia's sovereign capability.

Read more from Saxon Davidson and our research here: https://t.co/3DrCAnq6YT

[Ryan Bennett @bomber_bennett]

This is the thing about non-Essendon people and Hird.

They mock Essendon supporters for wanting Hird back, while still parroting myths about a saga they barely understand.

To them it’s a punchline. To us it was 10+ years of watching our club torn apart.

There’s a difference.

[Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @DrewPavlou]

BREAKING: ABC election expert Kos Samaras says new polling numbers are a good sign for Labor.

“In many cultures, 28 is a bigger number than 31.

Albo always performs best when he’s being underestimated.

Pauline Hanson just walked into Albo’s trap. She’s got no idea what’s coming.”

[Adam Creighton @Adam_Creighton]

It’s great the Treasurer is reading the IPA’s material but his attempt in Question Time today to argue the IPA supports the government’s budget changes is highly misleading.
My March research paper on CGT, published months before the budget, argued against taxing inflationary capital gains, pointing out that in high inflation environments the so-called CGT 50% Discount was not a discount at all.
A CGT system that didn’t tax inflation coupled with much lower income tax rates would be an improvement on the current system, but that is not remotely what has been proposed.
Instead the government plans a massive increase in complexity and tax, including for younger investors that will imperil innovation and business formation at the very time the economy needs it the most.
See my full paper here:
https://t.co/1blItfZJxj

[Adam Creighton @Adam_Creighton]

Great opportunity for economist/s to join the Institute of Public Affairs, the world's oldest and Australia's free market think tank.
Research Fellow – Economic Prosperity Initiative
https://t.co/5TLFBXizbM

[Institute of Public Affairs @TheIPA]

“The alarming inflation rise to 4.6% is the new normal.”

Higher prices, rising fuel costs and no relief in sight. Australia is paying the price for years of bad policy.

Saxon Davidson in Sky News argues inflation, fuel insecurity and government spending are driving a new era of economic pressure for Australians.

📰 Read more: https://t.co/9ATL7RhkZE

[The Caddy Shack @CharlieDons]

Compare the Pair

[Sky News Australia @SkyNewsAust]

The Reserve Bank’s decision to raise the cash rate to 4.35 per cent off the back of Iran war-related price shocks lays bare the self-inflicted costs of our national indifference to fuel sovereignty, writes Saxon Davidson.

https://t.co/4qFN3FkYxb

[Institute of Public Affairs @TheIPA]

“The ability to cook your food, keep the lights on and stay warm… are base needs.”

Energy, fuel and food are not optional. They're essential.

On the latest episode of The Mainstream, Daniel Wild and IPA Research Fellow Saxon Davidson discuss when costs of living skyrocket, people focus far more on the essentials and far less on arbitrary climate targets.

📺 Watch more: https://t.co/vF1W1IY8KE

[Institute of Public Affairs @TheIPA]

“A surplus which sees debt rise is no surplus at all.”

More debt. Higher taxes. Worse outcomes.

Victorians are paying the price.

Saxon Davidson outlines how Victoria’s “surplus” masks rising debt, growing deficits and increasing tax burdens.

Read more: https://t.co/YkyZihCcxr

[James Morrow @pwafork]

Claiming that lying about CGT changes “builds trust” is a bit rich even for Dr Chalmers, a career political staffer with little private sector experience who likes to let people think he holds a PhD in economics when it’s really in political science.

https://t.co/xAM0vIJ01F

[Institute of Public Affairs @TheIPA]

“Fuel is the headline vulnerability we are facing.”

Australia imports most of its fuel. Now we are taxing what little we produce. And calling it progress.

Saxon Davidson in this IPA media release highlights how current policy settings are exposing Australia to serious fuel security risks.

Read more here: https://t.co/xelPZ4Zxxc

[ADVANCE @FairAusADV]

“Future Made in Australia” sounds good.

But if it rests on expensive energy, imported renewables, taxpayer subsidies, and endless government intervention, it is not a serious national growth plan.

It is pure politics wrapped around decline.

[Ben Beattie @EnergyWrapAU]

Richard Denniss, chief communist at the Australia institute, exposes his shallow grasp of the Australian gas system, here on Hansard.

How does Denniss think we can get LNG from the north-west shelf of Western Australia, or the Timor Sea north of Darwin, to the east coast of Australia, and thus avoid an export tax?

Is Denniss expecting an LNG import terminal to be built by an Australia institute donor?

Is Denniss expecting Australian shipping laws laws to be changed so foreign vessels may conduct inter-state trade?

Is Denniss expecting domestic gas demand to increase 10-fold to make use of this cheap gas that appears as if by magic on the east coast?

Does he expect gas to be developed offshore and sold domestically for a loss?

I don't believe Denniss cares one jot about any of this stuff.

I suspect his primary aim is to promote chaos and angst and provide propaganda material for his mates in the Teals and their primary donors.

[Institute of Public Affairs @TheIPA]

“Mass migration isn’t a population policy — it’s a shortcut.”

Other countries are tackling declining birth rates. Australia?

We just import growth instead of building it.

📺 Saxon Davidson on The Jaimee Rogers Show Sky News Australia: https://t.co/eVHwjICtQM