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Bracks keeps balance as he juggles business and unions
One significant reason the Bracks Government is performing so well in the opinion polls is that it is substantially a business-friendly government....
Inconvenient Truths
Former US Vice-President, Al Gore, and his new movie 'An Inconvenient Truth' have triggered a remarkable amount of public interest and discussion...
Are STD rates being milked?
The Federal Government's universal service obligation is designed to ensure all Australians have access to standard telephone services and...
Full-fee places at university benefit all
The debate about whether to allow students to pay for their place at university was reignited this week. On Monday it was revealed that some...
Bracks to the future - energy policy is a return to protection
In spite of heady rhetoric, the Bracks Government has failed to pursue vigorous regulatory reform, and this is beginning to impact on the economy....
Land rationing is not rational
Long-established home owners have seen the equity value of their homes rise as a result of the rationing of new land subdivisions. While existing...
A Capital idea: move them out to move us on
Last week, when Canberra was named by the Institute of Public Affairs as one of Australia's 13 biggest mistakes, the chief minister of the...
Waking from the dream with a headache
Is Steve Bracks' dream run coming to an end? It has been a dream to be in Government in Australia this decade, Victoria being no exception....
New Way of Building Construction Deals
The Federal Government's new construction industry, industrial relations legislation tends to reinforce a view that for workplace reform to occur...
Second-guessers get it wrong
'Public intellectuals" are often pompous, usually wrong, and sometimes dangerous. Donald Horne, as the inventor of the term "the Lucky Country" was...