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Copenhagen Summit And World Trade
Any agreement from the Copenhagen climate change conference is likely to amplify the ‘green' threat to wealth-creating free trade that is...
Here's what isn't happening
There's a lot going on in the Liberal Party at the moment, and, indeed, on the Australian right. But here's what isn't happening. There isn't a...
Human rights? Sorry, we'd rather strip-search children
What's the point of having a charter of human rights if it just gets ignored? The Summary Offences and Control of Weapons Acts Amendment 2009 is...
Interference getting worse instead of better
Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a month without new government initiatives? This week saw a meeting in Brisbane of the Council of Australian...
Small government does not mean cheap
If you ever want to feel generous, have a flick through the recent press releases of the Commonwealth's Department of Innovation, Industry, Science...
Climate favourable for Libs
In the weeks before Malcolm Turnbull's downfall, the Australian public was treated to a strange and unusual spectacle. Almost to a person, the...
Completely plucked and hissing loudly
The current federal-state-local tax review, chaired by commonwealth treasury secretary Ken Henry, is close to completing a blueprint to reform...
Let he who is without climate sin...
Barry Jones accuses climate sceptics of using ad hominem attacks yet embarks on the most remarkable such tactics himself. Out-hyping all who came...
10 years of Labor is a record of records; especially in spending
Ten years ago most members of the state Labor caucus would have had mixed reactions to their come-from-behind election win under Steve Bracks. The...
COP15 Opening Ceremony
It is hard not to be cynical about the UN Climate Change Conference that opened in Copenhagen, Denmark today. The opening ceremony to the 15th...