News
Recent news
Let European dogs lie
Australians will be surprised to learn that, apparently, the federal government now has responsibility to help the city of Athens pay for the...
It's time to bring back the thrift
Ted Baillieu plans to shave 3600 jobs from Victoria's bloated public service. The state of Wisconsin in the US, with a population similar to...
We'll huff, we'll puff, we'll blow the budget into surplus
Bill Clinton famously said, "It's the economy, stupid". So it is. Unsuccessful politicians might be inclined to argue, "It's the stupid economy"....
Farmers feeling the squeeze of marketplace realities
We are a pessimistic bunch. Apparently no-one will win out of the supermarket price wars. The farmers will lose: Nick Xenophon claimed that...
Who'll drag us free of our heavy debt burden?
While most Australians were tanning themselves at the beach during their summer breaks, the federal opposition and the Gillard government traded...
Renewable energy rules lose traction
Energy policy in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries is spurred by concerns that gas and oil are becoming...
Danger of new thickets of gas regulation
Peter Roberts' "Globalised gas pricing has local costs" (Talking Point, January 30) applauds the commonwealth's National Energy Security...
Lost in translation
As school returns for 2012, there are now more students learning Latin than Chinese. Once we take out Chinese-born students and those who speak...
Labor's Texta moment
It's only January but we've already got the quote of the year. "We will be getting the butcher paper and Textas out and solving the...
Run car subsidies out of town
Continuing subsidies to car companies isn't just bad economics. It's also bad for communities and workers as well. Perpetuating unsustainable...