The John Hyde Archives
Historic archive of articles and newspaper columns written by former Australian politician John Hyde OAM.
The Rural Times
This section contains all 27 of John Hyde's articles published in the Rural Times.
Of Rural Industry and The Economy
- The reason for our relative economic decline is the failure to seek out areas where we have comparative advantage.
- For the moment, primary industry such as farming, and mining is where we are efficient.
The Real Exchange Rate
Currencies & Commodities Monetary Policy Economics
- The solution to our problems is to raise productivity by deregulating and privatising and encouraging saving.
- The coming devaluation of our currency will increase inflation can be prevented by increasing wages and other costs as long as necessary.
Tripartitism Examined
- Tripartitism is used to describe arrangements between government, trade unions and employer councils. Tripartitism uses committees as an alternative to deregulation and privatisation.
The Wool Corporation's Stocks
- By allowing the Australian Wool Council to build up buffer stocks and to control prices, we are allowing them to ride a boom into a recession as managers of such schemes cannot be trusted.
Wheat Market Deregulation
- Deregulating the wheat market has brought many benefits such as the freedom for the producer to set prices and cheaper prices and better products for consumers.
Environment in The Bush
- Private property is best for the environment where owners safeguard the value of the property by taking care of their land.
Making Full Employment Legal
Industrial Relations Individual Rights
- The Coalition promise to de-criminalising individuals selling their labour will improve our living standards and pay off our foreign debts.
What We Should Expect of The New Government?
- There is a rough consensus about what needs to be done to restore dynamism to the economy, what is lacking is the political will.
Taxing Investment
- To reduce our foreign debt, we need to increase our savings. However, the government subsidises those that don't save by providing pension and penalises those that do by increasing the tax rates.
The NFF
- The National Farmers Federation (NFF) has made intellectual integrity a source of political power and has done much to improve the trading environment for Australia's exports.
Cutting Government
- Any expenditure cuts should be done in a timely manner by people who are familiar with budget outlays.
What Right to Strike?
Industrial Relations Competition Individual Rights
- A competitive labour market works only if both employers and employees are competitive. Union sanctions affect the rights of individuals.
Technology in Government Committee
- Appropriate technology is technology that produces at the least cost to the common environment. Technology should to produce a more productive and profitable Australia.
Social Trends
- The tendencies of our social environment should have the same amount of attention as our physical environment.
Waste in NSW
- The NSW government run on the platform of deregulation and privatisation.
- Micro-economic reform is eliminating waste and failure and is always opposed by people who lose their benefits and seldom praised enough by those who gain from the new efficiencies.
Education
Education Taxation Competition
- Education is a private benefit which the government subsidises by using taxpayer's monies. It is time we allowed all schools to compete on equal financial terms and allow parents to select their child's education.
Local Government
- There is a strong case for giving local government more authority at the expense of the State government. It would be easier to move between local government districts than between States.
Every Galah in The Country Is Parroting Micro-Economic Reform
- The relevance of micro-economic reform is that reduction in foreign debt leads to a more productive economy and an increase in living standards. However, it tends to be resisted by those that need it the most.
How to Create an Oil Crisis
Economics Business Currencies & Commodities
- If you stop oil companies from making profits, they will stop delivering fuel to our vehicles, the situation would be made worse.
Wool III
- The reserve price scheme is preventing consumption from increasing, reduction of production and the costs of storage of the wool stockpile.
Farmers' Woes
- Wool is the industry where unwise government intervention has exacerbated the farmers' problems.
Greenhouse
- There has not been enough evidence that justifies public policies with huge economic costs.
The Davis Report
Protectionism Regulation Taxation
- Statutory Marketing Authorities (SMA) has the power to tax producers. If the minister intends to regulate the market to make it efficient and just, individuals must be able to opt out of SMAs and SMAs also be subject to the Trade Practices Act.
But for The Government's Help
Fiscal Policy Currencies & Commodities
- The McCoil Report estimates a saving of at least $10 per tonne of wheat if there was no government intervention.
Defence
- Defence is an area where government activity cannot be privatised. Defence can be made more efficient by privatising some support services.
Property Rights and The Environment
- There is an exchange of rights between environmental goods such as clean air and water and between non-environmental goods such as food and medicines.
- Owners of private property have the ability to choose between the both and are the first line of defence for the environment.
Families and The Welfare State
- We cannot turn away from the needy. However, the growth of the modern welfare state has increase poverty.
Some Wool Industry History
- There has been a previous referendum in December 1965 a reserve price scheme for wool but was rejected by the growers. The politicians still implemented the scheme without taking their views into consideration.
How They Will Govern
- There is a trend of deregulation and privatisation where the skills of a producer are rewarded over that of a lobbyist. This is Australia's only hope.
Australia Fritters Away Its Wealth
Regulation Industrial Relations
- Deregulators have had the most success in the financial markets due to the former treasurer's championing financial deregulation and neither the banks nor the bank employees union opposing deregulation.
The Environment
Environment Law Regulation Politics
- Governments thinking of using regulations to protect the environment should take into account any externalities them proceed with caution and having respect for the rule-of-law and democracy.
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.