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We're in debt to Barnaby
Wayne Swan and Ken Henry owe Barnaby Joyce an apology. A year ago Joyce, then the Coalition's finance spokesman, warned of...
The costs of climate of confusion
A reason for voter disquiet about Prime Minister Julia Gillard's carbon tax announcement is there are so many unanswered questions about how the...
Hands up if you're in favour of cheap milk ... anyone?
One would be forgiven this week for assuming low prices are bad. Coles's January decision to sell house-brand milk for $1 a litre was followed by...
Meeting CO2 targets via carbon price will hurt
It's astonishing that Ross Garnaut takes himself so seriously in the face of collapsing support in Australia and elsewhere for a carbon tax and...
Say no to wealth fund
Of all the bad ideas going around, the suggestion that Australia should have a sovereign wealth fund isn't the worst. It's the third worst. It's...
Let market decide on board seats
In the lead-up to International Women's Day, the drums were again beating on the issue of women in company boardrooms. Governor-General Quentin...
Adapt to survive
The Labor party once made great fun of John Howard's distinction between core and non-core promises. Julia Gillard has now added to that taxonomy:...
Consumers and business will feel the pain of emissions tax
Ostensibly, the opposition and the government have similar policy goals regarding Australia's 2020 emissions of carbon dioxide. Both have said that...
Artificial markets: miles behind the real deal
The Federal Government and its faithful Opposition are falling over each other to say their own climate policy is market friendly. On Lateline last...
Dirty little lie on carbon tax
The government has announced its carbon tax will commence in July 2012. Consumers and taxpayers should be very concerned about this new tax. The...