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Leadership lacking on tax
At the rate Kevin Rudd is going, there's every chance tax reform will go the same way as "the greatest moral challenge of our generation". After...
Obama a victim as Americans struggle to accept a lesser role
If a week is a long time in politics, then a year is an eternity. Twelve months ago, Barack Obama's presidential inauguration completed a political...
Massachusetts' message
The US Democrats Senate election failure in their traditionally Massachusetts stronghold was a consequence of President Obama not listening to why...
Lack of Global Agreement Offers a Chance to Cut Our Losses
Most politicians across the world recognise that measures to reduce CO2 emissions impose costs on their economies, whether they employ a carbon...
More police on the beat the answer to drunks' violence
What have the NSW Police been drinking? An email from Chief Inspector Haberley to Sydney bottle shops asks that they take full-strength products...
The Climate is Changing
When I say the climate is changing, I do not mean, as many people do, that man-made global warming is destroying Planet Earth. I mean that the...
People's Bank idea is folly
It is one week into 2010 and most people will already have broken their New Year's resolutions. Promises of less chocolate, less alcohol and more...