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Japan and Global Warming Policies
In November 2008, Dr Alan Moran, Director of the IPA's Deregulation Unit travelled overseas to get on-the-spot looks at the international policy climate for global warming mitigation strategies. This first report looks at Japan. Japan has not...
Australia as a destination for foreign capital
The current international economic uncertainty provides Australia with challenges and opportunities. Amidst this uncertainty, Australia's inherent advantages should allow it to market itself as a ‘safe haven' investment destination capable...
Liberty & Diplomacy: The challenges for Australian foreign policy in the 21st century
In this important work, Australia's leading foreign affairs analyst Tony Parkinson assesses the Howard government's record on foreign policy. By positioning Australia as a key player in the War on Terror and as a regional bulwark for stability and...
Evidence-based policy and public sector innovation
A key driver of Victoria's ability to compete against other Australian states and international competitors will be the degree to which the Victorian government is itself innovative. The creation of the right environment for innovation by the...
Volume 60 Number 5
Greg Barns on what we miss about Paul Keating, the financial crisis: what does it mean for the Emissions Trading Scheme? Is Capitalism dead? Richard Allsop on how New South Wales fell apart, Tony Parkinson on Obama's Iraq trap, Louise Staley on...
The Iraq Factor
Stripped to the rawest of logic, Barack Obama's gameplan was to win the White House on the back of defeat in Iraq. Heading into the presidential election campaign, the same ‘troops home' formula that allowed the Democrats to gain control of...
Big fat beat up
Arnold Schwarzenegger is obese. He's been obese his entire adult life, including the seven times he won the Mr Olympia bodybuilding title. Despite obesity not impacting his own, clearly excellent, health, Governor Schwarzenegger has introduced...
Not every journo can be Hunter S. Thompson
A long time ago on a newspaper far, far away, the [insert own adjective here, e.g. crusty, then-famous] editor marched up to his sub-editors table with something on his mind. The subject of his agitation was unclear but his message was not....
Your child is a wuss
When Belgian Gardens, a Townsville state primary school, banned cartwheels and handstands in August, it ignited a media frenzy. But as bizarre as it is, the handstand ban is only one incidence of a widespread trend affecting all Australian...
The Dark Mind of the Copywriter
Chris Berg reviews Novels in Three Lines by Felix Fénéon (NYRB Classics, 2007,176 pages) Ernest Hemingway once said that his best story was his shortest story, deliberately limited to just six words - ‘For sale: baby...
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