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Climate change? No drought!
I nearly choked on my Wheaties as I skimmed the online newspapers. Paul Sheehan, a senior journalist at the Sydney Morning Herald barked at me "it...
Question mark over Stern treatment
This week the British Government published the Stern report on the economics of climate change. The report re-interprets some scientific measures...
Unaccountable PPPs offer uneasy money
It's not surprising that last month the Bracks Government wanted to bury the report into public-private partnerships by an all-party committee of...
Heat's on for both sides
To go with the photos of stranded polar bears on icebergs and computer-generated images of Australia's coastal cities inundated by tidal waves, we...
Unaccountable PPPs offer uneasy money
It's not surprising that last month the Bracks Government wanted to bury the report into public-private partnerships by an all-party committee of...
The alternatives are too costly
THE Stern report and its associated intensified diplomatic push for carbon restraints is already having an effect on policy. In Britain the...
Unions lose out to the bureaucrats
It's generally believed that Work Choices is a political liability for the Howard government, but by the time of the next federal election, this...
Crop drop not unusual
Australian farmers typically grow and export a lot of wheat. It's a winter crop that is grown without irrigation, dependent on soil moisture and...
Unions lose out to the bureaucrats
It's generally believed that Work Choices is a political liability for the Howard government, but by the time of the next federal election, this...
No net gain in Beattie plan
In the fall-out of Telstra abandoning its plans for a national fibre-optic network, Premier Peter Beattie has announced his own plans for...