People & associates
John Roskam
Let European dogs lie
Australians will be surprised to learn that, apparently, the federal government now has responsibility to help the city of Athens pay for the...
Labor's Texta moment
It's only January but we've already got the quote of the year. "We will be getting the butcher paper and Textas out and solving 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...
Left's delusions laid bare
This year sounded the death knell for the euro, government stimulus packages and international action on climate change. The year should therefore...
Crippled by its crutches
According to Ralph Norris, overseas investors are worried about the Gillard government. No matter how worried overseas investors are, they should...
Free trade tied up in knots
We should welcome the fact that Australia will be the shower head capital of the world thanks to what happened in Honolulu a few days ago. Leaders...
Owners have the final say
For once, it's possible to have some sympathy for the Gillard government. Politically, it's in a no-win situation with Qantas. If it sides with...
Democracy means doubt
Those business leaders bleating Tony Abbott's promise to repeal the carbon tax should remember one thing. That's the price of doing business in...
Abbott's hollow agenda
Tony Abbott needs to be careful It's one thing for him to be cautious. But it's another thing when he starts ruling out policies which are based on...
Flat tax leads to fairness
Giving the federal government more money would be like giving a cocaine addict more cocaine. That was the response of the highest-ranking...