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The Green Movement: Time to Get Serious
An address to the Victorian Farmers Federation 24th Annual Conference, Melbourne, 22-23 July, 2003 History is replete with examples of societies...
WA Gets Its Share of Canberra Pie
Since Federation, the States have blamed the Commonwealth for their every budgetary woe. Dr Gallop is at it again, blaming the Commonwealth's...
Who are Charity Donations Really Helping?
At a recent lunch held by Anglicare, Treasurer Peter Costello delivered a sobering message to churches and charities. That they had to lift their...
Into the Fast Lane
The Australian automotive industry needs to pick up its game on industrial relations if it is to survive and justify continued taxpayer support....
Contractors have right to be independent
Twenty- eight percent of the Australian private sector workforce have jobs but are not employed. They work as self employed independent...
Go With the Flow on River Management
Late last year the World Wildlife Fund and a group of CSIRO officials formed the Wentworth Group. They issued a paper, Blueprint for a living...
Watchdog whose Bite was Rabid
Professor Allan Fels' legacy is that of a populist technocrat who promoted the popularity of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission at...
Melting Public Money
The old adage---beware of government's picking winner---was brought home to many thousands of investors and taxpayers this week with the demise of...
Aboriginal Separatism Has Failed-So Let's Stop Funding It
The interim report of the review of ATSIC, released this week, owes its life to the two political bullies who run ATSIC, Geoff Clark and Ray...
Watchdog's Ownership Guidelines an Impediment for Power Sector
In rejecting the AGL case for acquiring a 35 per cent share of the giant Loy Yang generator, the ACCC is seeking to structure the electricity...