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Pre-commitment policy will punish all gamblers
One of the criticisms of proposals to restrict the use of poker machines is that it will hurt non-problem gamblers in the cause of helping problem...
One savings account we don't need
How could a Liberal support a sovereign wealth fund? A number of Liberal MPs have recently been publicly floating the idea of a sovereign wealth...
Is the nostalgia surrounding the Button Steel Plan misguided?
In late August, BlueScope Steel announced it would close a blast furnace in Port Kembla and a hot strip mill in Hastings, southern Victoria, as...
Have the media watchers undermined press freedom?
It's not hard to see where the media inquiry is headed. The terms of reference were released last week. The inquiry will look at "the effectiveness...
The Government's costly mining mistake
The first mistake the Gillard Government made was on the mining tax. The Rudd government had come undone by an audacious tax grab and Gillard...
Communications regulation is a dog's breakfast
The way we regulate media and communications is a dog's breakfast. That judgment has been blindingly obvious for more than a decade now. But it has...
Union tax plan a recipe that will weigh us down
The ACTU doesn't deliver the full picture on how much we're taxed. The ACTU's recipe for national taxation reform will merely serve to weigh down...
I stand for freedom
I stand for freedom, even when it might be a bit distressing. I stand for liberty, even when it might be a tad uncomfortable. And I firmly,...
Shouting the odds
There is nothing more irritating in a debate than when a particular point is constantly made on the basis that, to its users, it is so...
Equality for all couples won't destroy society
The extension of marriage to same-sex couples needn't come at the expense of a stable society or religious human rights. In its fashionably early...