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Rudd's stimulus package is far from perfect
Kevin Rudd said yesterday that without the government's stimulus package that the unemployment rate would have gone through the roof. This is good...
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...
Higher, faster, costlier: the price of Olympic gold is too great
Malcolm Fraser opened the Australian Institute of Sport in 1981 by saying we were "no longer going to let the world pass us by". Since then the...
Build a port before bragging your ship's come in
This week saw encouraging figures on the Australian economy. Australia's June-quarter gross domestic product figures suggest national production in...
Nanny knows best
Rather than being a nudge towards a healthier society, the Preventative Health Taskforce's report is a government shove on how average Australians...
Dark ages is the real deal
If you ever wanted to know the impact of Kevin Rudd's industrial relations policies there are easy ways of finding out. You could read the decision...
Privatisation has public transport on track
The details of the new franchises for Melbourne's public transport, released this week, provide a ringing endorsement of privatisation. The...
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...