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Releasing industry from government ownership
Aside from his role as NSW Finance Minister, one of Michael Costa's new jobs is, alongside new Premier Morris Iemma, as the shareholder minister to...
GM - it's a tale of endless misinformation
Some months ago grain and beef producers from Victoria met in Canberra with cattle, sheep, cotton and grain farmers from NSW and Queensland to talk...
Two grumpy old leaders
A punch-drunk boxer entering the ring one last time is tragic. Almost as sad is the sight of former Liberal leader, John Hewson joining the board...
More (cheaper) power to the people
Ten years ago this month, Kansas City-based Utilicorp headed a consortium that bought Victorian electricity distributor and retailer United Energy...
Aid targeted at poverty will not halt terrorism
Tim Costello is wrong to draw a link between terrorism and poverty and then go on to argue for more taxpayer funds to be spent on foreign aid. He...
Planning policies are destroying the dream
While rapidly rising housing prices have made some of us rich -- at least on paper -- they are doing great harm to many. The median house price in...
The Water Shortage Answer
Last month articles in The Australian and other newspapers suggested Sydney's water shortage could be solved by piping water from the Murrumbidgee...
Left in the shade of monument to reform
Bob Carr will go down in history as the longest-serving premier of NSW. But he will be remembered for little else. Ten years of dominant leadership...
Joke, but no one's laughing
It's just not possible to fix the near-crisis in Australian manufacturing by ignoring the sector's severe industrial relations problems. Take one...
Limiting choice is not fair dinkum
The Fair Dinkum Food Campaign is winding its way to Canberra. It is a farmer protest about cheap imports undercutting domestically grown food. The...