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Debt disease sparks stock stampede
In an episode of Dallas, where Ewing Oil was overexposed in its debt-to-equity ratio, JR told the family not to worry. "Now, daddy, everyone knows...
Waste not, want not
The disposal of long-lived radioactive waste within Australia could be one of the single biggest contributions we can make to the safety of our...
The value of secrets to pollies and journos
In 1870, the editor of the Chicago Times got his job description down nicely: "It is a newspaper's duty to print the news, and raise hell." So it...
This is no test of good citizens
The problem with the Howard Government's new citizenship test is not the requirement that applicants must learn English -- a greater focus on the...
Laws against concentrated media ownership hurt, rather than help
The Australian reports today that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has begun its inquiry into Fairfax's acquisition of Southern...
Consumers the big winners from open competition policy
Australia is a small community geographically isolated from the rest the world. But the companies operating in our markets have the same potential...
Keep politicians away from the production line
While most commentators have welcomed the Reserve Bank's inflation-dampening interest rate rise, interest payments are part of the direct expenses...
Populism trumps policy
"It's a helluva way to run the country". This is a pretty accurate description by Labor frontbencher Bob McMullan of what the Howard government has...
Monitoring porn: not government's responsibility
Prime Minister John Howard used last night's webcast to Christian groups across the country to announce a $190 million "crackdown" on pornography,...
IR policy gives the lie to Rudd's economic credibility
In Kevin Rudd's ''me too'' scramble to replicate every conservative economic thing that John Howard is, there's one glaring difference -- the...