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Training System Needs Reform
In his reply to the 2004 Federal Budget, Opposition Leader Mark Latham committed a future Labor government to a 'train or work' policy. Under this...
Challenging Beliefs on Dryland Salinity
It is often only when decisions are likely to significantly affect our livelihoods or our quality of life that we bother to check the facts. Given...
Flaws in anti-FTA Stand
Peter Garrett lets his cat out of the bag (AFR , 20 May, 'Environment pays dearly for free trade'). He opposes the free trade treaty with the US...
Punitive Taxes Hurt Us All
Tax reform remains an incomplete project in Australia. While the 2004-05 Federal Budget makes some steps in the right direction, much more needs to...
Zero-risk Science
It is budget week and the government has promised a $5.3 billion five-year program designed to lift research and development and put the 'nation's...
Howard Goes with Flow on Murray
Last month, Prime Minister John Howard reaffirmed his government's commitment to saving the Murray River, and dismissed the findings of a report...
Labor Tries to Move the Goalposts
Last week, following an Australian Consumer and Competition Commission application, the Federal Court imposed $100,000 fines against three unions,...
Being a Wally with Water
Armed with consultants' reports, Victoria's Government proposes that all new houses incorporate additional $2000 costs to use less electricity and...
Respect My Right to Choose GM Foods
John Hepburn, the Greenpeace anti-GM Campaign Leader, has told us that transferring a gene from one species to another---the process of genetic...
Japanese Retreat is a Great Loss for Australia
The announcement by the giant Japanese restaurant chain Saizeriya that its has finally scrapped its remaining investment plans for food...