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Julia's secret state stinks
On Wednesday it was reported that resource giant Xstratra was unhappy it is not a member of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's business advisory round...
Individual liberty in the eyes of a novelist
Novelists often have strongly held political views. Nobel Prize-winning novelists are obviously no exception. But what is surprising about the...
War in Afghanistan: who are we helping?
Could anyone remind me just what it is that we're achieving in Afghanistan? Don't all speak at once. No, I mean what good things we're...
Tories might yet please conservatives
The news this week that Tory Party membership has declined by 30 per cent from over 250,000 to just 177,000 in the five years since Cameron was...
A partial defence of GDP
The human inclination to measure and record the existing state of its economic and social welfare is almost as old as human existence itself. In...
The expansion of presidential power
In the United States, many thought Barack Obama's election would be the moment the rule of law reasserted itself in the fight against jihadi...
Green protectionist racket incompatible with free trade
Following meetings with senior US officials recently, Emerson said he was "genuinely encouraged" by the support to conclude global free trade...
Silenced in court
Andrew Bolt is getting sued. Don't applaud yet. There's been a lot of outrage about the federal government's proposed internet filter. But lawsuits...
Early bird can miss out
In business there's no advantage in being the first mover when it comes to change. Harvard Business Review asserted that one of the best business...
Labor's wrong direction on reform
Julia Gillard told us last week why it is imperative to get the legislative program started. Unfortunately. absent from this was the need to put...