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Am I outraged by this asylum shemozzle? I am.
The political debate over asylum seeker policy is surprisingly ferocious given that it is bipartisan. Both the Government and the Opposition are in...
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...
National curriculum: Labor's big failure
Less than two months after the Rudd government took power, education minister Julia Gillard announced her national curriculum, and announced it...
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...