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Sermons from the left
While some in the media might like to believe otherwise, recent interventions in the industrial relations debate by senior figures from the...
Doing business in Melbourne or Sydney? It's not quite the done deal that it seems to be
When comparing Melbourne to Sydney, it's difficult not to appear simplistic. After all, competitive jibes between "brassy" Sydney and "elegant"...
Hard to give credits where they're due
A Reference Group headed by National Farmers Federation President, Peter Corish, was appointed by the government in March to develop a...
Legislators heed! The burden is proof
Unlike the union-controlled construction industry, the house-building industry is characterised by highly efficient and flexible work practices....
No science and no respect in Australia's anti-whaling campaign
Why is it that the International Whaling Commission (IWC) condones the slaughter of rare whales by indigenous peoples using what are arguable...
Shift must come from within
The unions' public relations machine now in full swing against the Howard government's proposed industrial relations legislation masks a key fact...
Wrong song on Africa's woes
Leaders of the G8 gathering in Edinburgh tomorrow have become the focus of a concerted global campaign to have them fix the mess that is Africa. If...
It's all a big snow job
Snowy Hydro is a corporatised business owned by the NSW, Victoria and Commonwealth governments. NSW is the majority owner. Snowy's function is to...
Whale hunting ban hypocritical
I don't like the idea of killing whales and I am always outraged when science is wrongly invoked to justify politics - as Japanese does to justify...
Predictions of Drought Lack Credibility
Few natural events raise a greater sense of fear across the Australian community than drought. Australia is the driest inhabited continent and its...