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The public deserves better
Every once in a while, usually before federal elections, the country experiences a bout of particularly poor policymaking. Although not yet six...
Principles trampled underfoot
Many politicians have made vigorous statements about the need for carbon taxes or setting tradeable rights to emit carbon dioxide. The West...
How much of climate change is hot air?
Almost every day some report or event is claimed as evidence of global warming. Al Gore's recent movie An Inconvenient Truth went so far as to...
Waving goodbye? Fans will decide
Rather than jumping up and waving about, well, jumping up and waving, lovers of the Mexican wave can easily look at alternatives to the MCG's ban....
Exploring the path from discovery to business
The Australian winners of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2005, Barry Marshall and Robin Warren, have been honoured with Australia Day awards. The...
Grand, but still no water in plan
Last week the Prime Minister, John Howard, announced a national plan for water security with a focus on irrigation in the Murray-Darling Basin and...