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Single authority no panacea for Victorian public transport
Despite scarcely rating a mention in the leaders' debate, public transport is clearly a crucial issue in this month's Victorian election. It might...
Self-doubt emerges to test US mettle
THERE are several explanations for the Democrats' loss in last week's mid-term elections. Some attribute the shellacking to an anti-incumbent mood....
Business asked for this
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ralph Norris said last week Australia looked like it did not have "a particularly business-friendly environment"....
Inconvenient Nonsense Infiltrates the Classroom
In 2006, former US vice-president Al Gore made a movie and companion book about global warming called An Inconvenient Truth. Gore undertook many...
There's a hole in the budget, dear Henry, with what shall we plug it?
This year's federal election was ultimately determined by economic credibility. The independents determined Labor had more credibility than did the...
Politics binds US over climate
As Hillary Clinton acknowledged in Melbourne this week, the Obama administration has abandoned its landmark legislation to combat man-made global...
Houston, we have a housing problem
Adding up everything we own, the Government Statistician reckons Australian families are worth $5800 billion. That's more than five times as much...
DCC briefing: a farrago of spin, obfuscation and exaggeration
Flush from its near death experience following the hung parliament, the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCC) has published its...
Left-liberal lament
This is shaping up as a terrible mid-term election for Democrats in the United States. Republicans are scheduled to pick up at least 50 seats, more...
Healthy living... in a nanny state
If there was one area of human existence which should be left to individual choice, you'd think it would be what we eat. So the National Preventive...