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Deregulation is no pipe-dream
Premier Peter Beattie campaigns in elections as Queensland's Sir Galahad, saving voters from his own government's depredations. Incongruous as this...
Economic mentoring in Asia pays off big time
BHP Billiton's announcement this week of a record $8.66 billion profit is cause for celebration and reflection. Millions of Australians own shares...
Technology can help save environment
Not so long ago the sale of Telstra was all about the environment. Remember Senator Meg Lees from the Australian Democrats lamenting the level of...
Bracks' Third Wave hard one to catch
As a public relations exercise, the Bracks Government's "A Third Wave of National Reform" was a roaring success. It received national coverage...
Let's distinguish between dumping and differential pricing.
Zone Severn's letter (Business Age 19/8) in response to my article on dumping confuses dumping with differential pricing. Companies set different...
Splitting Telstra is not the right move
Last week, the US Federal Communications Commission abandoned its decade-long experiment with forced access sharing. Under this process the four...
Insurance company whips up a storm
There are corporations that just want to be loved. Philanthropy used to be the preferred vehicle, now it's corporate social responsibility. The...
Sheltering business saps competition
Many people confuse dumping with straightforward cost advantages. Writing in these pages last week, Martin Feil showed himself to be among this...
Car industry at the crossroads
The Australian car industry is at a crossroads similar to the one it faced 20 years ago when the tariff wall began to fall. The test will be...
Student union fees a farce
This being the week that the coalition took control of the Senate, it was inevitable media attention would focus on anything that could threaten...