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Carbon tax final straw in a lethal energy plan
On Sunday the carbon tax will be implemented. This tax is the latest and most lethal of the suite of carbon-reduction measures delivering crushing...
Settled science? No such thing
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a branch of the UN that advises governments on the topic of global warming allegedly caused by...
Another year, another failed climate summit
The 49-page agreement produced at the Rio+20 Earth Summit is unmitigated junk. I'm not going out on a limb here. It's one of those rare universally...
Just be grateful airlines can feed you at all
Nobody, it seems, is happy with the food served on planes. But it may surprise you to learn that it's our own fault. The customer is to blame....
Should governments protect independent journalism?
We already subsidise journalism heavily. The ABC's budget for 2011-12 was $995 million. SBS got $223 million in the same period. And Parliament has...
Employer rights trampled
Of course Fairfax Media journalists want Gina Rinehart, the owner of 18 per cent of Fairfax, to sign the Fairfax Media Charter of Editorial...
Green growth comes at a high price
Australia's negotiating position at the Rio+20 conference this week confirms that the Gillard government considers Australia's national economic...
House prices must be allowed to fall
The NSW budget allocated $561 million to promote increases in new housing. Part of this was for grants to new buyers of $15,000 plus remission of...
The farce that is the Leveson inquiry
On October 7, 2009, News International chief Rebekah Brooks sent opposition leader David Cameron a text message: I am so rooting for you tomorrow...
Time to reduce government
Classical liberals often convince themselves that a small government agenda could never be politically popular in Australia. Two new polls suggest...