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Climate change: healthy debate not a health debate
Want the earth to be cooler? Unleash the psychologists. At least, that's the argument presented by one of the keynote speakers at the 2010...
Privatisation is not enough
State governments cannot seem to rein in spending so it matches their revenues. The upshot is skyrocketing debt levels. The NSW and Queensland...
States look beyond the power of one supplier
Fifteen years after Victoria privatised its electricity industry, New South Wales is dipping its toe into those same waters. But its focus is on...
Mining tax risks spooking investors
Minerals in the ground are not actually worth very much until somebody comes along, digs them up, cleans them up, and sells them on the market. It...
Green policies: too much of not enough
It can't be a coincidence: the worst examples of bad policy making and implementation in the last few years have been green policies. The Federal...
Heading backwards with power generation
Thirteen years ago the Kennett government's sale of Victoria's generators raised $10 billion (about $14 billion in today's money). Now, the NSW...
Rivalries keep the market buzzing
First Data, Finland's highly regarded retail energy markets authority, rates Victoria as the world's most competitive energy market. Victoria was...
Don't expect too much down Mexico way
It has been said that Copenhagen was all about attitudes and aspirations and the meeting this year in Mexico City will be about results. But...