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The 50,000+ staff draining our economy
'Fiscal austerity'' has become the phrase of choice for Western countries that need to rectify the excesses of recent decades, culminating in the...
In praise of ticket scalping, horse eating and trading in human organs
Should we be able to buy horse meat at restaurants or for home cooking? It is not as if horses are a protected species. We already export them for...
The Western Way of Economic Decline
"Imperial overreach" is sometimes used to describe a United States that is less and less able to maintain its global dominance. The phrase reflects...
Don't believe the Asian century hype
The Government's Asian century white paper finally reveals the conceptual poverty of the Asian Century idea. Certainly, Asia will continue to grow...
Obama and Romney heeding McGovern's call to come home
'This hero of war,' declared President Obama, ''became a champion of peace.'' According to Bill and Hillary Clinton: ''We must continue to draw...
Destroy! Gillard Government goes all Dalek on charities
As Christmas approaches, many Australians will be planning to donate to charity. Few would realise, however, the incredible damage the Gillard...
BA humbug, Mr Swan
Only someone with an arts degree would try the sort of stunts Wayne Swan has attempted. The Treasurer, with his Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the...
Good mail on privatisation
The Gillard government has urged states to sell their electricity assets, but at the same time has left privatisation of its own assets off the...
The puritanical public health movement
For eight weeks in 2011, four public health researchers - three from the Cancer Council, one from the University of Western Australia - watched 792...
Timing is everything: making sense of Swan's corporate tax shake-up
One of the more contentious issues in the 2012-13 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) is a tax-timing change. Corporate income tax will be...