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We need to wait for low-cost energy options
The Government's climate change policy adviser, Professor Ross Garnaut, said last year that the coming Copenhagen Conference would bring an...
Big government no answer
A BBC poll released on Sunday indicates Kevin Rudd's approval rating for the way he's handled the financial crisis is the second highest in the...
A tale of two different rail cities
The differences between the public transport systems in Australia's two largest cities have been graphically highlighted recently. In Melbourne,...
Revolution was three Rs for all
We are promised an education revolution in Australia. If it arrives, it will be a jubilant day. But will it arrive? The answer is no. We can hope...
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...