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A move towards certainty, please
Many reasons have been given for the closure of the Goodyear tyre factory with the loss of 600 jobs. The strong dollar, high oil prices, and poor...
A good word for the ATO
The Tax Office is labouring to be helpful under a pile of complex legislation, writes John Roskam. The Australian Taxation Office can be blamed for...
Petrol pricing by shifting the focus to loyalty schemes
The ACCC's FuelWatch scheme will place draconian limitations on price competition within the retail market for petrol. But petrol stations will...
It's bad policy to play blame game
The Federal Government is in serious trouble; blaming foreigners for domestic ills is the last refuge in politics. The Government is blaming our...
Horrendous price on the cards for greenhouse plan
The main game in emission policy awaits the Garnaut report and perhaps the "strategic review" of the Government's climate change policies being...
Governments cannot pick winners but losers can pick governments
To be fair new governments always make mistakes. A combination of inexperienced ministers and opportunistic public servants are likely to generate...
Home truths for Henry
Facta non verba is a Latin motto that translates as ''deeds not words''. It should be the motto of the federal Treasury for the rest of Kevin...
Industry policy madness
To be fair, new governments always make mistakes. The combination of inexperienced ministers and opportunistic public servants is likely to...
Tariff cuts do more than handouts
Kevin Rudd likes to project himself as the heir of the Hawke-Keating reform agenda. But Bob Hawke and Paul Keating reformed even when it hurt...
Driving in two directions on fuel
Two things stand out about the Rudd era of Australian politics. First, there is the Prime Minister's love of slogans - "working families" and...