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Wind in sails of a new chorus of claims
The first cancellation of a project as a result of environmental activism took place 30 years ago. The previously unknown snail darter was judged...
Hats off to the Patrick visionaries
The takeover of Patrick Corp by Toll Holdings will bring to an end one of Australia's most remarkable and successful business ventures. All...
Free West Papua not viable
Claims that our relations with Indonesia are at a crisis because of Australia's decision to provide temporary asylum to 42 West Papuans are wrong....
Buy into the bunk or let biotech forge on
Early this year a professor from the University of Queensland predicted 60 per cent of the Great Barrier Reef would bleach this summer because of...
Address to the Productivity Commission Roundtable on Federal Reform
The past two days have provided an excellent opportunity to consider the strengths of Australia's federal system, and how that system can continue...
Some holes in the greenhouse debate
Jon Stanford's "Carbon signal now firmly on the agenda" (Opinion, April 12) and the Allen Consulting report on which it is based illustrates some...
Fat ducks equal fat cows
Graziers like water, and the cheaper it is, the better. Environmentalists thrive on crises - no environmental problems, no crusades. In the...
Government policy will increase the cost of energy
Energy Minister Theo Theophanous (The Age, Business, 4/4) says, "Other states are looking to Victoria to once again take the lead". If that were...
Federal scheme a monopoly buster
Ask just about anyone involved in running a business about workers' compensation and you're likely to receive a highly negative response saying...
IR balancing act relies on lots of fine tuning
Any confusion over Work Choices comes not just from the legislation's massive size but also from a misunderstanding of its political framework....