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Need to keep fingers off the panic button
Public health advocates describe Australia's binge drinking as an "epidemic" for a reason. Real epidemics have a frightening unpredictability. They...
A lifetime of politics, shared with a daughter
In February 1969, Robert Menzies enjoyed a White House dinner with Richard Nixon and a few distinguished guests, including national security...
South Carolina primary: can a divided Republican house unite around Romney?
By rights, Mitt Romney should be on the ropes. In the years leading up to the Republican presidential primaries, he supported small-l liberal...
Run car subsidies out of town
Continuing subsidies to car companies isn't just bad economics. It's also bad for communities and workers as well. Perpetuating unsustainable...
Car makers cling to subsidies of old
Seeing a Commonwealth minister beg on behalf of a special interest is embarrassing. The Manufacturing Minister Kim Carr wrote in The Australian...
Paul is a prophet deserving honour in warning on America's limits
He rails against the "American empire" that "brought the September 11 attacks on us". He condemns Obama for killing Osama. He is indifferent to...
Repeat after me: all tyranny is evil and wrong
Simon Winchester is a best-selling author. You've probably seen his popular histories, in particular, The Surgeon of Crowthorne. He received an OBE...
Fair's fare benefits government, not business
The Rudd/Gillard governments have introduced many business-unfriendly policies. Three of these the mining tax, Fair Work Australia (FWA) and the...
Slay the super sacred cow
There's one good thing about the local stockmarket falling 15 per cent last year: people are beginning to ask what the point is of compulsory...
Era of cheap energy needn't be over
Energy Minister Martin Ferguson has launched the government's draft white paper on energy. Having run the gauntlet of bureaucratic committees, much...