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Merger could hit red-tape turbulence
In a fast-moving global economy, government regulatory frameworks are rightly put under the microscope. The revelation in The Australian Financial...
Government to blame for market turndown
There really is nothing new under the sun. So too with the current financial crisis. But moralists are making hay while the sun shines. Prime...
One failure doesn't mean corporate child care can't be as simple as ABC
Two years ago ABC Learning Centres seemed an unstoppable force as it grew to become the largest private child-care provider in the world. It had a...
Planning to go into deficit misguided
The commentators who just months ago were calling for the budget tax cuts to be cancelled are now calling for a budget deficit. Their argument is...
Talking down v acting up
There's an old saying: ‘‘If you keep your head while all those around you are losing theirs, you don't understand the situation.'' It's...
Gains in restoring powers to states
This weekend sees yet another round of executive federalism at work, with Kevin Rudd to meet premiers and chief ministers on funding issues. Since...
Free choice the key to get more women on board
Federal Government studies released recently have claimed that the glass ceiling is bearing down on Australian working women, crushing their career...
Labor always unravels prosperity
Parlous developments in the NSW government's finances are a timely reminder of the familiar Australian cycle of change. In its mini-budget...
Tough times call for tough measures
THIS time last year, the Reserve Bank was forecasting growth a tad lower than the previous year's 4 per cent. It now sees growth in June 2009 at...
TPA’s perverse effect on investment
Letters by Michael Crouch (October 30), and Julian Tapp (October 31) argue that the Treasurer was justified in requiring BHP Billiton to share its...