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More land does not mean cheaper housing
House builders and land developers have welcomed Spring Street's decision to allow more land to be used for housing on Melbourne's periphery. All...
A Bad Climate Trade-off
The high priests of climate change are wrapping up their latest meeting today in Poznan, Poland, where the United Nations is hosting a conference...
Business plays the patsy
What are business organizations for? Do they exist so their chief executives can sit on government advisory boards and have afternoon cocktails at...
Unions, not workers, the real winners from IR changes
The Australian union movement is probably the most aggressive in the developed world. It moral table-thumps, insisting its position, and only its...
Global warming blame game gets furry
So many things are blamed on global warming. A quick internet search of reported repercussions just beginning with ‘p', includes...
Victoria must position itself to dodge NSW fallout
Anyone who was living in Victoria in the early 1990s understands the pain of a severe economic recession. Its severity was largely the result of...
Boom and bust the way of the West
There is a lot of gloom and doom around today. Even very optimistic people are understandably shaken when they see George W. Bush, one of the most...
Merger could hit red-tape turbulence
In a fast-moving global economy, government regulatory frameworks are rightly put under the microscope. The revelation in The Australian Financial...
Government to blame for market turndown
There really is nothing new under the sun. So too with the current financial crisis. But moralists are making hay while the sun shines. Prime...
Anti-terror laws work
Journalists and columnists frequently criticise politicians and government for their regular stuff-ups. So allow me to applaud that rare and...