Archived publication for 2007
Recent publications
To build or not to build - Conference brochure (including presenter profiles)
Locked Out: How Victoria's land supply laws are keeping young people out of the housing market
In reviewing the costs of new housing in Melbourne the conclusion is that housing is unaffordable for ordinary families who are not already home owners. The cause of this is state government policies, especially restrictions on land release. In...
Water provision for the poor: how ideology muddles the debate
Even though private water provision sees clean and safe water delivered to millions around the world, many politicians and NGOs remain irrationally opposed to the idea that profit should be made from "essential resources" like water. This mindset...
Regulation of infrastructure: its development and effects
This volume has sprung from concerns about the Access Provisions of the Trade Practices Act. Part IIIA of the Trade Practices Act resulted from a perception in the 1990’s that the act was not...
HIV/AIDS medicines for all?
There are few more important issues facing developing nations than the HIV/AIDS crisis. HIV/AIDS destroys lives, consumes scarce resources, and provides yet another unneeded brake on the path to growth for many developing nations. The developed...
Volume 59 Number 2
Richard Allsop on the very bestest bureaucrats, Jennifer Marohasy on the activists for poverty in Indonesia, Chris Berg on freedom's hippies, Michael Tanner on Michael Moore's SiCKO, Tim Wilson on frequent flying food and much more...
Moving in the Right Direction: Transport Reform in Western Australia
As Western Australia continues its rapid growth, the state increasingly needs the transport infrastructure and services that enables individuals to move around the city of Perth and minimise the costs of congestion to both the economy and to the...
The Failure of Aid and the Promise of Trade
Aid and trade are not mutually exclusive and both have a role to play in the fight against poverty. In developing future aid policy, it is imperative that policy-makers learn from previous failures. Likewise, the promise of trade can only be...
From the Editor, July 2007
It's not often that the conservative federal government and the ABC's Media Watch work together. But the two find common cause on free speech and the internet. The Communications Legislation Amendment (Content Services) Bill 2007 is...