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Recent publications
Superannuation and MacBank as the zenith of the Australian nation
Richard Allsop reviews Unfinished Business: Paul Keating's interrupted revolution by David Love (Scribe, 2008, 264 pages) According to David Love in his new book Unfinished Business: Paul Keating's interrupted revolution, Paul Keating and...
The Hollowmen and the sport of satire
What does our television tell us about Australian democracy? Over time, spin becomes truth. In the ABC's new satire The Hollowmen, political advisors find that they can no longer tell the difference, even to themselves, between spin and the...
Emissions Trading: Towards the biggest economic change in Australian history
‘Placing a limit and a price on emissions will change the things we produce, the way we produce them, and the things we buy', states the Federal Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper, which compares the economic impact...
Reflections on the 'Howard Project'
John Howard's speechwriter on the successes and failures of the Howard message... Did John Howard have a specific ‘vision' for Australia during the eleven and a half years he was Prime Minister? I would say: ‘No'. For those who believe...
Voting for the leader is the next step for Liberal reform
In 2007, the Australian Labor Party successfully created a narrative that the Howard government had lost touch with working Australians. Issues such as climate change and industrial relations reinforced this narrative. During the campaign, this...
Corporate research and development beyond the reach of even the federal Innovation Minister
Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Minister Kim Carr has promised that the Labor government will ‘review' the R&D tax concessions. One of the early decisions of the Howard government was to reduce the 150 per cent R&D...
History as if policy mattered
How not to win government
History as if policy mattered
On tariffs and immigration, party reputations don't match their records.
In defence of David Cameron
How the Tories have gotten past soul searching in opposition