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Stop picking on the pokies
It has been a bad few weeks for the rights of poker machine users. First, there was the draft Productivity Commission (PC) report which, despite...
Hey Mr Garrett! Time to get off our arts and do nothing
If everything goes to plan, soon Australia will have its very own national cultural policy. This is great news if you have been concerned that...
Stimulus over, time for Rudd to rein in spending
The global financial crisis left vast holes in the world's major advanced economies. The US, Japan and European Union all ended 2009 with their...
No longer business as usual
The business lobby groups wanted a carbon emissions trading scheme - and now, thanks to Malcolm Turnbull, they have one. The Business Council of...
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...
A perfect political storm
The past 48 hours have been probably the most divisive in the history of the modern Liberal Party. But there needn't be lasting damage. Malcolm...
Do taxpayers really need to pay for the ABC any more?
Mark Latham is a fine example of the economic principle of specialisation and the division of labour. He is an excellent public intellectual but...
Little to gain, a lot to lose
The Federal Government's proposed Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) has already crippled parliamentary proceedings and cost taxpayers millions. And it...
Too much pain, too little to gain
The government says its emissions trading scheme tax will bring no risk to the economy. Indeed, Kevin Rudd constantly harps about savings of 15 per...
CRU emails reveal a worrying pattern of bad behaviour
Sometime last week the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia was hacked and materials stolen off its server. That...