The John Hyde Archives
Historic archive of articles and newspaper columns written by former Australian politician John Hyde OAM.
1989
Dries Must Resist Giving Up Struggle as Going Gets Rough
- Society is a feedback machines in that, any misfortune creates behavioural changes and the trick is to change patterns of behaviour before misfortunes become too awful.
Lessons From WA
- Labour has been given the message that unaccountability method of governance is unacceptable. Two other issues were interest rates and competence of our political leaders.
Giving Authority Back to Parliament
- For government accountability to be present, all political parties must honour the Westminster tradition and there must be an independent press.
Of Wages and Wheat
Industrial Relations Regulation Politics
- The Liberals must establish the few important principles now. Continual deregulation is one of them.
The Dropping of The Pilot
- John Howard's greatest achievement was to develop a party that would not be in bed with special interests.
The Pilots and The Libs IR Policy
- The whole point of the Liberal policy was the salary of pilots should be market driven but the leader of the Liberal party missed the opportunity to educate the Australian people on the least painful way to bring the current account into balance.
The Rake's Progress
Industrial Relations Competition
- The rhetoric against the Australian Federation of Air Pilots is unfair. They are not the enemy, they should be left to be dealt with by market forces.
Interest Rates Are Not Doing the Job
Interest Rates Economics Business
- When there is not a need to rely on interest rates to kill demand, the inflow of foreign investment will fall.
Coronation Hill and Conservation
- Miners are ordinary people who for the most part, love nature. By demonising them, environmentalists gave up the chance for BHP to use its resources for their cause.
The Liberal's Tax and Spending Policy
Taxation Fiscal Policy Politics
- The overall thrust of the policy is pro-employment but falls well short of solutions for the problems outlined. Nevertheless, it is a step in the right direction.
About
John Hyde OAM is a former Australian politician. He was elected as the member for the Division of Moore in Western Australia for the Liberal Party.
John Hyde OAM is the author of Dry: In Defence of Economic Freedom.