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No opportunities on the property ladder
In launching a program that featured The Tragedy of Planning, the IPA book I was responsible for authoring, the Treasurer Peter Costello drew...
End of the great first-home dream
When Miguel de Cervantes, the most famous figure in Spanish literature and creator of Don Quixote wrote, "There are only two families in the world....
Green group wants practical policies
I've heard environmentalism described as a quasi-religious blend of new-age nature worship, junk science, left-wing political activism and...
Bumpy road that's paved with failure
Powering the Boom: Australian Energy Use. Address to the Australian Economic and Social Outlook Conference 3 November 2006. By Alan Moran,...
Bumpy road that's paved with failure
The financial collapse of any car parts maker received front page headlines not so long ago. But they have become so regular that such news is...
Education fails history lesson
The Australian History Summit, which will take place today in Canberra, is an initiative designed to strengthen the place and maintain the...
Compo drives NSW exodus
If you were thinking of visiting a country and saw on television a huge refugee exodus from that country, you'd be cautious about visiting. Surely...
The whole world must be the story
Even the most hardened summit-sceptic would have to acknowledge that the calling of this week's history summit has already produced a number of...
Batchelor plan is driving against the traffic
Throughout the world buses, trains and trams are seeing declines in usage. In the United States they now account for only 1 per cent of the...
Fair-trade coffee only brews more poverty
More and more consumer goods are proudly displaying the "fair trade" moniker. Shops are now proudly presenting the fair-trade brand in catalogues,...