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No longer business as usual
The business lobby groups wanted a carbon emissions trading scheme - and now, thanks to Malcolm Turnbull, they have one. The Business Council of...
A perfect political storm
The past 48 hours have been probably the most divisive in the history of the modern Liberal Party. But there needn't be lasting damage. Malcolm...
Little to gain, a lot to lose
The Federal Government's proposed Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) has already crippled parliamentary proceedings and cost taxpayers millions. And it...
Too much pain, too little to gain
The government says its emissions trading scheme tax will bring no risk to the economy. Indeed, Kevin Rudd constantly harps about savings of 15 per...
Carbon emissions tax will choke economy
Greenhouse issues are dominating the economic debate. Most people want to protect the environment and have been told that the tax from the...
Poor palmed off by a load of old monkeys
In a choice between the life of a cute, fuzzy orang-utan and tighter food labelling regulations, who'd be surprised if the orang-utan won? It's...
Don't demonise the food industry for causing obesity
It is easy to blame big business for a change we don't like. So Rosemary Stanton's attempt in Crikey to blame the Australian Food and Grocery...
The media bombards us with ETS coverage. So why are we still in the dark?
One of the leading journalists who writes about politics in Canberra rang me the other day and wanted to talk about some of this party room gossip...
Going green is just another rinse in government washer
There's no better way to dress up your drab, colourless economic plan than calling it ''green''. The Victorian Government has been trying to create...
Haste makes waste in the carbon countdown
Countdown For Climate Change Vote is the banner on the ALP web site. It explains that only five days remain before Parliament's climate change...