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A PM without a platform
Not everything John Maynard Keynes said was wrong. Admittedly his General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money became the guidebook for 40...
Rudd's other great big new tax
Economic rent has its origin in the labour theory of value. Classical economists couldn't understand why natural resources had value when human...
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...
Chance to combat climate change through policy has come and gone
On the ABC1's 7.30 Report last week, Barack Obama reiterated his belief that putting a price on carbon was the best way to reduce greenhouse gas...
Immigration and growth: 200 years of success
There's a Rowan Atkinson sketch about a (pre-David Cameron) Conservative Party speech. In character, Atkinson starts talking about Indian...
Shuffling hospital deckchairs
Public hospitals will remain afflicted by the blurred accountabilities, buck- passing and unresponsive bureaucracy if the Federal Government's...
The blame game is all Canberra's fault
Kevin Rudd will take over the hospital system and everything will be dandy. That's the election pitch to voters in New South Wales, South...
Killing the goose that laid the golden Easter egg
Easter in Melbourne this year was a throwback to the 1970s, with closed shops and empty streets. Interstate visitors looking for bargains in the...
Let society shape itself
It's hard not to be cynical. Especially when a developer lobby claims giving the government power to force people to sell their homes - to...
Better use of tax take needed
There are more myths surrounding corporate taxation than personal taxation. In years gone by many used to argue that the "rich" didn't pay their...