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Privatising Public Transport
Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform---the privatisation of the public transport system. Over the last six years,...
Prospering from Freedom's Riches
Why do some countries prosper and grow rich while others do not? According to the great moral philosopher Adam Smith, the key to prosperity is...
Preselection by Voting Diminishes Value of Parties
Two things occurred at the Federal election, the major parties won all the seats (bar one), but not not all the votes, just 85% of the first...
Who Watches the Media?
Complaints about media bias---notably the ABC and the Murdoch press---have been a staple of Australian political comment for decades. The problem...
Bush Subsidies in the Spotlight
Just when the politicians are gearing up to turn the subsidy tap on the bush, Telstra has hit them with a dose of reality. According to Telstra,...
Tied To Past By Issue of Identity
Who is an Aborigine? There is an official Commonwealth definition, and it involves three requirements. You must have an ancestor who was one of the...
Instead of a Selloff, Why not Give Telstra Away?
Telstra claims its cost of rural telecommunication subsidies is $1.8 billion per year. That figure creates a real second term headache for the...
The Parties Won, Thank Goodness
Labor came near to winning government on October 3, it did not even come close to winning the argument. Labor's 1998 campaign was all strategy. The...
Give the AIRC an Unemployment Target
During the Election 98 campaign Mr Beazley had two ideas that need to be pursued with vigour. Firstly, unemployment is the nation's most pressing...
Howard Must Offer A Vision of Hope
The road ahead for the new Howard Government will be even more difficult than it was the first time round. But getting its GST legislation through...