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Liberal leadership aftershocks
The resignation of Nick Minchin last week is a reminder that the aftershocks of the late November leadership mania are still reverberating around...
Treasuring impartiality
Treasury Secretary Ken Henry has offered support to the Government on climate change and water allocations. His Malthusian theme is that we are...
Follow the leader
Are you confused by the state of centre-right politics in this country? Probably never more so than this fortnight. Tony Abbott staked his claim in...
Choosing their villains
State premiers and big business have a lot in common these days. Neither is much liked at the moment. State governments, especially Labor ones...
Schools should be free to teach what they want
Most people seem to have missed the point about the national curriculum. The opposition certainly has. If the national curriculum is as bad as...
Financially green behind the ears
With the latest state polls revealing a surge in Green support, it is appropriate to subject their election promises to analysis befitting of the...
The politics of climate change is changing
When I say the climate is changing, I do not mean, as many contributors to this site do, that anthropogenic global warming is destroying the...
Libertarians spoke out when state began to meddle
Ross Gittins seems to think libertarians have quietly watched as the Rudd government has bungled its response to the north Atlantic banking crisis...
Not another transport plan
Every time New South Wales changes Premiers, it also changes Transport Plans. The latest one, recently announced by Premier Kristina Keneally, has...