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Dream policy not the right tool for the job
There is no shortage of ideas as to how to get those now on the unemployment lines off them. The challenge is to find the right ideas to implement....
Modelling based on pure fantasy
Treasury modelling has placated many politicians' concerns about the adverse effects of a carbon emissions cap-and-trade tax. Treasury puts...
Meet the Nanny Spider: it wants to wrap you up in little rules and eat your life
Ignorance of the law is no excuse. So here's a bunch of things you can't do without council approval. You can't sit in a chair on your nature...
Rudd team intent on wronging lots of what's right
Treasury's refrain regarding the economic outlook is, "Not out of the woods yet." In a global setting, the International Monetary Fund, the...
ETS certainty a grey area
Apparently the reason why Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull need to agree on an emissions trading scheme in the next few weeks is because business...