Australian Retailers’ Misdirected Lobbying Efforts

Economics
Free Trade & Protectionism
Author

Stephen Kirchner

Published

June 24, 2013

I have an op-ed in the Business Spectator arguing that Australian retailers are mistaken in arguing for a lowering of the low value exemption threshold for GST and duty on imports. Instead, retailers need to focus on their own business models and lobby for policies that lower the tax and regulatory burden on business.