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Logic evaporates in water solution
Water Minister Tim Holding recently leaked part of a report that his department had commissioned to update the cost of building new dams. For a dam...
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...
Pollies Cool on Warming Fixes
Last week the US Senate debated a 500-page global warming bill known as the Warner-Lieberman Cap-and-Trade bill. The Democrats knew it would likely...
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...
Regulation and the Regulatory Burden
IN MANY AREAS of government policy, the fingerprints of the prime minister are clearly visible. When we consider the highest-profile issues of the...
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...
Free speech means the right to obscene speech, too
The French philosopher Voltaire never actually said the words he is best known for: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death...