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No need for local films on public purse
Some phrases deserve scare quotes more than others. And it's hard to find a better candidate for the sarcastic use of punctuation marks than the...
It's All about Politics under the Bridge
Federal Environment Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, recently changed his mind about the sale of water from Queensland's Warrego River - a decision that...
Not another review of the textile, clothing and footwear industry!
The most courageous, enduring and beneficial change that the Hawke ascendancy brought 25 years ago was in industry protection. Before then the...
Rudd's confusing foreign policy
With a federal election campaign just a few weeks away, there are many things we still don't know about Kevin Rudd. We don't know his tax policy....
Reformer Rudd under the radar
In the art of war, the first rule is to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the opponent. To miscalculate is to invite defeat. This is the...
Victoria's water agenda doesn't float
Abandoning the characteristics of a fiscally responsible Treasurer, Peter Costello yesterday argued for downgrading economic considerations and...
Markets being stifled by the man with a plan
It was not so long ago that governments considered themselves better qualified to make commercial decisions than businesses. When companies did not...
Alan's excellent adventure
Paul Keating is entitled to feel a little miffed. In Alan Greenspan's 531 page tome, The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World, published on...
The slippery slope towards internet censorship continues
The Australian Government continued down the slippery slope towards internet censorship yesterday by introducing a bill to give the Australian...
Same-sex equality a basic Liberal ideal
Conservative does not mean the same thing as regressive. You wouldn't know it from the decision by Prime Minister John Howard late last week to...