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Paternalist gimmicks won't help parents, teachers or children

Education | | John Roskam
The Age 12th July, 2006

HOW can parents be encouraged to care about their child's education? This is at the heart of the proposal from the Victorian Association of State...

Regulator should butt out on fibre-optic broadband

Media, Telecommunications and IT Unit | | Chris Berg
Australian Financial Review 7th July, 2006

It is unfortunate for consumers and businesses that Telstra's potential $3 billion-plus investment in a large-scale fibre-optic network and the...

Improve federalism by cutting duplicity

Governance & Service Provision | | Mike Nahan
The Australian 4th July, 2006

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello is both right and wrong in his desire for the federal Government taking over the economic functions of the states....

You are what you chose to eat

Health and Nanny State | | Chris Berg
The Age 1st July, 2006

It is a tribute to Australia's prosperity that people in poverty are more likely to be overweight than underweight. But rather than a celebration...

AWAs unlock West's mining wealth

Work Reform Unit | | Mike Nahan
Herald Sun 1st July, 2006

Kim Beazley's recent commitment to eliminate all Australian workplace agreements is tantamount to killing the goose that lays the nation's golden...

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