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Neutering the net is about repression, not protection
It seems like only yesterday that the country was prosperous and the Labor Party was going to make everyone's internet faster. But now the Federal...
Labor's choice an unfair work in progress
Introducing the new industrial relations package this week Julia Gillard had a tough job. The minister was aware that unions account for only 12...
Talking down v acting up
There's an old saying: ‘‘If you keep your head while all those around you are losing theirs, you don't understand the situation.'' It's...
Gains in restoring powers to states
This weekend sees yet another round of executive federalism at work, with Kevin Rudd to meet premiers and chief ministers on funding issues. Since...
Topsy-turvy temperature
So much of government policy is now about reducing carbon emissions on the basis that the earth is heating-up. But measuring the earth's...
New laws change the way the workplace works
Forward with Fairness has finally arrived. At 613 pages it will take some time to digest the implications. First impressions reveal something new...
Machine culture rotten to core
Is the NSW Government totally dysfunctional or is it just suffering from a series of disconnected unfortunate events? The list of events is long...
Former PM with manners of steel
WITH John Howard back in the public spotlight this week, the question arises: what kind of former prime minister will he be? Will he follow in the...
A dignified silence
John Howard won't tarnish his legacy like other former prime ministers, says Have you heard about the former Liberal prime minister's remarks to a...
Free choice the key to get more women on board
Federal Government studies released recently have claimed that the glass ceiling is bearing down on Australian working women, crushing their career...