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Hey, Big Spender
Four years of big spending by the Bracks Government is finally coming home to roost and we are going to pay. Mr Bracks' decision to break a core...
Avoiding an EBA's Shackles
For many Australians, the union movement's industrial, 'Campaign 2003' might seem unknown, almost irrelevant. But for decision makers in many...
Building on Bad Form
Australians rightly look with disdain and dismay at the endemic corruption in other countries. But they need to start looking at home, for...
Going Green Will Not Be Doyle's Salvation
Last week, Liberal State Opposition leader, Robert Doyle delivered an address to 're-establish our relevance and credibility and restore people's...
Luddites are Running the Show
Biotechnology may offer huge benefits, but Australia is increasingly choosing to follow the Luddites and to let the revolution pass us by. Last...
Ethics Industry's Ethical Dilemma
The ethics industry has a serious ethical dilemma. While it seeks to impose the highest standards of transparency and probity on businesses and...
Gamekeepers Turn Poachers
The Cole royal commission could simply have produced yet another list of corrupt practices and persons in the construction industry. But the...
Managing the Murray
Managing the Murray River is arguably the nation's leading policy challenge. The river supports a $5 billion agricultural industry, supplies water...
Private Property Rights: the Key to Efficient Rural Water Use
Water in Australia Water has always been a defining issue in Australia's prosperity. And in recent decades irrigation has grown rapidly. Even so,...
Land Management in Review
Since 1984 I have lived on the edge of the Bogong High Plains. Up until the Australia Day fire attack, the adjacent Alpine National Park was a dry...