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Private perils overstated
Sometimes parliamentary inquiries are not a complete waste of time. There's an inquiry going on at the moment that might even prove to be useful....
Government should leave photovoltaic panels in the shade
While electricity molecules are the same no matter whether they come, from coal-burning generators, hydro or wind, the source of the product brings...
Floods and Drought - So What's New?
A friend who lives in the Tinderries, in the Upper Murrumbidgee Valley catchment, tells me the district's good snowfalls and snow storms of recent...
Labor's new workplace relations discoveries
Lately the work reform debate has started spinning in unexpected directions. Last week Julia Gillard criticized the government for creating a...
The snobbery of Melbourne 2030
Suddenly politicians have discovered our housing unaffordability "crisis". They ask themselves why, if the economy is booming, are homes so...
Policy builds on irrationality
On Monday, Labor leader Kevin Rudd released the document New Directions for Affordable Housing. This rejects the best solutions for an affordable...
Economics is history
If any proof that history matters was needed, it has certainly been provided in the past week or so. First, there was some vigorous historical...