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Pointless tests of character

It has now been a couple of weeks since we found out that the Overseas Investment Office was not being as thorough in its background character checks on investors as some might have wanted. Every day, I’ve been scanning the newspaper headlines, waiting for the other shoe to drop. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton
Insights Newsletter
27 May, 2016

Slow, complex and unclear

The Overseas Investment Act 2005 is a piece of national legislation doused in controversy. It is complex, time-consuming, and difficult to navigate. Read more

Khyaati Acharya
Insights Newsletter
13 May, 2016

If it walks like a dog

The first rule of journalism is that “dog bites man” is not news. But “man bites dog” is worth a news story, an editorial demanding government do something about it, and an in depth feature exploring the motivations of the biter. Read more

Insights Newsletter
13 May, 2016

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