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Why organics should give GM a go
My brother, Jim, lives in Cairns. When he came to Brisbane for Christmas last year I asked him to bring a large tub of yoghurt. It is not that you...
Reforms will allow managers to face fears
Normally, any link between a business closure, job losses and the activities of unions is indirect. But the recent closure of Kemalex Plastics'...
It's all just water off Howard's back
What do George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Jacques Chirac, Angela Merkel and Helen Clark have in common? They have been having such a difficult time...
Carbon taxes: an expensive solution for Australia
Australian electricity generation is 90 per cent coal. Because it is inexpensive and located conveniently to major electricity loads, now that...
Kemalex saga shows why IR system needs to be reformed
Last week the Howard Government introduced its much-awaited WorkChoices legislation into Parliament amid scenes of political hysteria and overblown...
Protecting feta won't make it betta
Last week the European Court of Justice ruled that only Greeks in Greece make feta and all other feta makers are fakes. Now this may sound like...
We cannot eliminate risk
The Productivity Commission's review of government regulation shows that - contrary to popular belief - we don't actually live in an era of...
Jared Diamond's gated community of the mind
According to Californian professor and Pulitzer Prize winning author Jared Diamond, the reason the Maya civilisation failed is because the elites...
Reforms spike unions' guns but empower workers
Some lawyers are calling the Work Choices legislation the Old and New Testaments. But at 700 pages it may be longer. The biblical reference comes...
Graziers must lift water game
Out on the Macquarie Marshes, downstream of Warren, graziers have a saying: Fat ducks mean fat cattle. Last week, NSW Environment Minister, Bob...