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Nasser tells it like it is
It's not quite going from the sublime to the ridiculous - but it's close. Two speeches have captured the national headlines over the past week....
Voters strain at paying for even small carbon cuts
The carbon tax and similar measures involve us making sacrifices to forestall what the government says will be catastrophic human-induced climate...
Locking people away forever because ASIO reckons
It's a scandal that administrative decisions which result in indefinite detention are made outside judicial scrutiny. In his 1885 book An...
We can't stop climate change - it's time to adapt
The release of the Productivity Commission's draft report into climate adaptation at the end of last month could have been a spark that changed the...
Despite the tough talk, spending is on agenda
Victoria's Budget documents lay into the previous government's spending profligacy. They point out that spending has outpaced state product for...
Defend nannies to oppose the nanny state
The Australian Childcare Alliance wants to get its hands on all Australia's children. Currently, their expressed gripe is with nannies, who they...
Nudge nudge, wink wink, nanny soaks the poor to fatten the budget
As the "beer up, cigs up" headlines of yesteryear illustrate, governments have long imposed taxes on consumer products as a quick fix to plug...
Convergence Review is clever, subtle ... and worrying
One pregnant sentence in the Convergence Review says, "It is important to note that the current Australian Press Council regime where members can...
Rules distort energy market
The recent Council of Australian Governments meeting called for policies to promote greater competition in electricity, a coded call for retail...
China's stance could send climate policy up in smoke
Changes to China's climate change policy will make it even harder for political leaders to secure a new global deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions...