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Tim Wilson
China's stance could send climate policy up in smoke
Changes to China's climate change policy will make it even harder for political leaders to secure a new global deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions...
Baby boomers retire on a reverse inheritance
If baby boomers want choice in their retirement, they should be prepared to spend their own money. Earlier this month, Germany's ruling Christian...
Keep Green policies out of business
The Greens' strategy to build a business constituency will be successful, at least among the Australian and multinational companies whose rent...
Price Labor will pay for pricing carbon keeps rising
Legislating the carbon tax only exacerbates Labor's existing crisis of relevance. And it's not because of a lack of trust over a broken promise....
No granny chic in nanny state shtick
Risk-averse paternalism makes for a perverse reversal of freedoms. The nanny state isn't a cheap Tory slogan. It is a threat to our free, open,...
Taxed to the max on emissions
Excluding and misrepresenting unfavourable data does not provide a credible analysis into Australia's extremely expensive carbon tax. Yesterday the...
Should packaged alcohol display health warnings?
Mandated alcohol warning labels don't work and perpetuate the government-sponsored drift away from individual choice and responsibility that fuels...
Morning radio with Alex Sloan
ALEX SLOAN: The Treasurer Wayne Swan is making news today, again it's about surplus. He's written an essay for The Monthly magazine saying that...
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...
Durban deal isolates Gillard
Durban's meek outcome doesn't bode well for international efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions or the sustainability of Australia's domestic...