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Tariff cuts do more than handouts
Kevin Rudd likes to project himself as the heir of the Hawke-Keating reform agenda. But Bob Hawke and Paul Keating reformed even when it hurt...
Fair trade an unworkable attempt to rig the market
Good intentions used to pave the road to hell. Now they can be found in your coffee cup, and in a host of other ''fair trade'' products. Fair trade...
Not what he says, but what he does
Kevin Rudd should stop his Government's doublespeak on free trade. In his recent address to the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC, he tried...
America, the land of real equality
One good thing has already come out of the United States presidential campaign. Australians are starting to realise that maybe America is not so...
A loss for civilisation
According to my Oz-watching pals in Britain and the US, John Howard is not a failure but a victim of his own success. He made Australia safe for...
Rudd's confusing foreign policy
With a federal election campaign just a few weeks away, there are many things we still don't know about Kevin Rudd. We don't know his tax policy....
Ideology is a health risk
Belief is a powerful thing. Often belief in something can be sustained despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. In 1919, the Hungarian Georg...
Terrorism is real. Just ask those who have lost loved ones
One of the great myths of history is that communism never threatened Australia. It is a myth successfully propagated by generations of left-leaning...
Expect more gymnastics
The Dalai Lama's Australian visit has revealed the diplomatic gymnastics our politicians perform when they deal with China. "Checking the diary"...
Lest we forget to ask the reason why
At the front of the Baptist Church on Collins Street there is a banner that reads: "Seek Peace". And while peace is certainly preferable to war,...