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Recourse and clarity the keys to partnerships
According to The Australian Financial Review, community support for public-private partnerships depends on transparency and accountability....
Meltdown in the Land of the Rising Sun
The world economy is facing a full blown crisis with its epicentre in Japan. The world's second largest economy---and Australia's largest trading...
Integration the Only Way to Break the Cycle of Despair
Another day, another story of Aboriginal tragedy in a remote community. The Australian newspaper's report of publicans selling alcohol to...
Entitlements, by any Other Name, are Forced Loans
The core problem with worker entitlements is the very use of the term entitlements which confuses the focus of the debate and policy options....
Power to the People
On 13 January of this year, the Victorian Government introduced Full Retail Competition for electricity. Household customers became free to seek...
Why Champions of Causes Need Close Scrutiny
The Smith Family was caught out recently doing what civil activists do, defining a problem, in this case poverty, in a way that keeps them in the...
User Pays Principle Could Sink Unions
In early 2001 the Australian union movement hailed a victory that on the surface offers to help turn the tide of their continuing membership...
Making the Market Work for the Environment
As nation we face many environmental challenges, arguably the greatest is to get markets working for the environment. Environmental policy has long...
Johannes Bjelke-Petersen: The Lord's Premier
Rae Wear's political biography of the former Premier of Queensland, Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen is admirably restrained. There are few political...
Corporate Social Responsibility or Civil Society Regulation?
Hal Clough Lecture for 2002. Available in PDF only.