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The perils of a fat tax
If the legislation for the Orwellian-sounding Australian National Preventive Health Agency passes, then expect an avalanche of make-work...
Ultimate civic nonsense
Kevin Rudd announced on Tuesday that he wanted the federal government to be involved in the urban planning for Australia's cities. Presumably, he...
The nanny state will nag you to death
This week parliament will debate a bill to establish a national Preventive Health Agency, reminding of that classic Mark Twain observation: nobody...
Alcohol is good - so let's drink to that
Australia's relationship with alcohol is ''calculated hedonism'', according to the latest of many reports into drinking commissioned by the federal...
No beer, no pies, no fags - the future of Australia?
If the National Health Preventative Taskforce has its way, by 2020 Australians should be beer-refusing, meat pie-avoiding non-smokers. Bottle shops...
Health Taskforce wishes you all a long, dull life with nanny
Yesterday's National Preventative Health Taskforce's report is a monument to why elites think the average Australian needs a nanny to hold their...
Spread the flu virus to stop it
The death toll from swine flu is mounting. But in one respect we can count ourselves lucky: The virus originated in Mexico, a country that quickly...