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Bracks report doesn't stray far from script
The final report of the Bracks review into Australia's automotive industry is not nearly as bad as it could have been. It recommends that the 10%...
Saving the Coorong by restoring its native state
When the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Penny Wong, recently announced that there was insufficient water in upstream dams to flood the...
Dam good idea holds water
Water saving and agonising over an augmentation of Victoria's urban supply have been long and unnecessary exercises. We have plenty of water...
It doesn't take much to tip the balance
For over 25 years, Australia has been buying more overseas than it sells. This excess spending is known as the balance of payments current...
Rudd reveals core beliefs
The quality of self-awareness is usually visited on politicians only upon their retirement. It is with the publication of memoirs and diaries after...
More science less opinion on GM and rats
Another Look at GM Corn Seems Merited Those who make their living from lobbying/marketing sometimes claim "perception is reality". One topic...
Memo Starbucks: next time try selling ice to Eskimos
Globalisation has pulled millions of people in developing countries out of poverty. It has sent goods, services and people around the world,...
Climate mettle about to be tested
An emissions trading scheme has not even started but the Government's hostility to carbon emissions is already choking off the supply of...
Tax on energy use is best way to fight pollution
The emissions trading scheme (ETS) is advertised as being a "market solution to a market problem". This is a clever piece of rhetoric that has long...
Flawed focus drove Doha talks to collapse
The Doha Development Round is in a deep, deep coma. A lot of excuses will be made for a failure to reach agreement. But the real problem is that...