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New housing prices could be so much cheaper
The State Government levies a charge of $95,000 a hectare on land on the urban fringe that it rezones for housing. That's about $10,000 a housing...
Outsider Sol bucked system
Sol Trujillo is wrong. We're far from perfect but we're not racist. The cartoons of Trujillo under a sombrero riding a donkey are no more offensive...
A True Maverick
Richard Allsop reviews Gordon Barton: Australia's Maverick Entrepreneur by Sam Everingham If any one life story can tell the tale of social and...
New sheriff needed to ride shotgun on heritage suburbs
It's a bit of a rhetorical leap to compare Melbourne's gentrified suburbs with the Wild West. But after a Port Melbourne man knocked down his own...
Aussie Jitters
In recent years, a wave of protectionism has stymied foreign investment deals all over the world. We all remember the U.S. Congress's rejection of...
Henry's upside-down economics
The Treasury chief simply doesn't understand how the economy works, writes Alan Moran. Treasury secretary Ken Henry says very large fiscal packages...
Up, up and away goes deficit
When Wayne Swan says it will be seven years before the budget is back into balance you know he means he can never achieve this. Still less can he...
Irresponsible spending taken to a new level
Kevin Rudd has delivered a Nike "swoosh" Budget. The charts in the Budget papers illustrate the reality of the present economic downturn together...
Kept on a short leash
If Prime Minister Kevin Rudd genuinely believes Treasury is conservative when it forecasts economic growth of 4 per cent within two years, then it...
Debt spiral
When Wayne Swan says it will be seven years before the budget is back into balance you know he means he can never achieve this. Still less can he...