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So rich, we can afford to keep 'Saving the Murray River'
The Murray River is a national icon, and campaigning for years by the Australian Conservation Foundation means the river is usually a focus when...
NSW work safety laws are the worst in the world
The NSW government has been suffering from a lot of criticism over their work safety laws. They deserve the criticism because their laws have been...
Victoria deserves a good Opposition
Victoria is once again a one-party state, Labor for now and beyond. The Liberal Party -- the party of free enterprise and business -- has...
Curse of bountiful resources
History shows that boom times contain the germ of their own downfall, writes John Roskam. It's possible to have too much of a good thing....
Grasslands value lost on greenies
Last year the Victorian government spent an extraordinary $400,000 to save a large gum tree in Albert Park in the middle of Melbourne. The...
Labour clique threatens free market
ALTHOUGH it may sometimes be demonised, a free market is the essence of what makes successful economies work. We might fear free-market competition...
OHS the new battle ground
Anyone who thought the battlelines over workplace reform were clearly established around Work Choices needs to look again. The extent to which Work...
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....