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Anti-dumping laws: in whose interest?
It's hard to top deposing a Prime Minister. But having the management of Rio Tinto replaced by monkeys (as Australian Worker's Union boss Paul...
Booksellers spell it out
The demise of Angus & Robertson and Borders book chains should be a wake-up call for the Gillard government to scrap trade import barriers...
Fiscal reckoning looms for 'low taxing' Labor
Julia Gillard is facing a make-or-break year. This is the last year of leeway before the federal budget has to be in surplus. In 2012-13 the...
The truth about energy subsidies
Is the Australian Government subsidising the fossil fuel industry? So said the Climate Institute, when they heard Julia Gillard was scrapping solar...
A tax by any other name
Because politicians know voters don't like tax increases, Julia Gillard won't be imposing a flood tax. Instead, as she announced yesterday, there...
Energy sector wilts under government's solar stress
Shortly before Christmas, federal Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson announced seven proposals were being assessed for two spots in the...
Why greedy Gerry and his mates will win in the end
Gerry Harvey is not Australia's most popular man right now. It would have taken a hell of a campaign to convince Australians that imposing GST on...