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Keep government out of power
Each year the Jeremiahs warn us of impending electricity shortages and blackouts in the peak month of February. This year is no different. One year...
GST windfall inspires more spending
Has the GST been a success? It has now been five years since the GST was introduced as the principal part of Australia's New Tax System. While...
New challenge from left
During the 1960s, a delegation of French politicians visited Beijing and met the Chinese premier, Zhou Enlai. One of the Frenchmen asked the...
Coonan folly on broadband
Has senator Helen Coonan become unhinged? She urges Telstra to build a cable network on the basis that once built, the Australian Competition and...
Native Vegetation - Who's the example?
Jeff Angel from the Total Environment Centre suggests that with the introduction of the new regulations under the NSW Native Vegetation Act 2003, a...
Let's be smart on genetic crops
CSIRO has scrapped its $5 million project to develop a genetically modified pea because it produced an allergic reaction in trials on mice,...
ACCC paying lip-service to innovation
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Graeme Samuel now argues that content is the determining factor in whether a media company...
Bracks' plan has lost its way
AFTER just three years, the Bracks Government's much trumpeted 30 year plan for Melbourne is in tatters. In recognition of its fundamental flaws,...
Putting a tax on our parks
The State Government is to introduce parking fees in Albert Park, the first such tax imposed on users of a park. Among the fine-sounding rhetoric...
Wind subsidies stifle economic growth
Bob Grant, chief executive of wind energy producer Pacific Hydro, ("All energy industries depend on crutch", Australian Financial Review, November...