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7.30 meltdown shows PM is hot under the collar
Kevin Rudd's ‘passionate' outburst on climate change during an interview with the 7.30 Report's Kerry O'Brien on Wednesday night shows he's...
The Santa Claus effect
The budgetary crisis afflicting many Western economies is in part a consequence of the democratic political process at work. According to economist...
A strange way to promote grocery competition
Chief Minister Jon Stanhope's new supermarkets policy won't cut Australian Capital Territory grocery prices and isn't supported by the Government's...
Spurious notions of 'national character' aren't helping
Are Australians racists? Well, yes. And no. Some are, some aren't. It's a mind numbingly circular question, but just the sort of mind numbingly...
Should terror suspects be protected by politics?
In Dr Strangelove, the crazed General Jack D Ripper claims 'war is too important to be left to the politicians'. So, it seems, is terrorism. It's...
Who is Kevin Rudd? No one really knows
At the height of the 1956 US presidential election, Adlai Stevenson said of Richard Nixon: "This is a man of many masks. Who can say they have seen...
Media Release: Two-thirds of Australians doubtful on global warming
Two-thirds of Australians now doubt the scientific consensus on global warming according to a new poll conducted by Galaxy Research for the...
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...
Taxation's violent history
Any change in the tax system is a change in our relationship with the state. But when the Henry tax review was released on Sunday, it was seen as a...
Capitalism is ruining the planet, and pigs might fly
The home insulation program has been scrapped. And the emissions trading scheme has been abandoned. But try not to worry too much. We are all a lot...