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Secret deals undermine democracy

| John Roskam
The Age 28th February, 2007

Steve Bracks is wrong. He claims his secret deal with the police union is no different to the dozens of other promises he made before the last...

Aunty will be proud of Maxine's candidacy

| Chris Berg
The Australian 27th February, 2007

The Labor Party has decided that its secret weapon in John Howard's increasingly contestable seat of Bennelong is Maxine McKew. It couldn't have...

Battlers locked out of dream homes

Housing: The Great Australian Dream Project | | Alan Moran
The Herald Sun 24th February, 2007

Australians are heavily focused on house prices. As well as being their home, nearly everyone's house is their most valuable asset. The home-owning...

Not always the best interests

| John Roskam
Australian Financial Review 23rd February, 2007

The potential takeover of Qantas couldn't have come at a worse time for the federal government. Kevin Rudd is luxuriating in a seemingly endless...

As unfair as is it gets . . .

Work Reform Unit | | Ken Phillips
Courier-Mail 18th February, 2007

Many small business owners don't earn as much as the people they employ WHY would Federal Labor soften its stance on unfair dismissal laws?...

Voting on the rules of business

Work Reform Unit | | Ken Phillips
Australian Financial Review 18th February, 2007

Some claim that the March 24 election in NSW will be a major test of the federal government's Work Choices legislation. At least that's the line...

Rudd's hollow words on war mirror Latham's

| Tim Wilson
The Courier-Mail 15th February, 2007

Kevin Rudd's announcement for a phased withdrawal from Iraq lacked all the pizzazz of Mark Latham's "troops home by Christmas" pledge. It is the...

Grand Plan Not to Trash Water Rights

Food & Environment | | Jennifer Marohasy
The Land 15th February, 2007

Last week NSW Irrigator's Council chief executive, Doug Miell, said he feared the property rights of irrigators may be "trashed" under the new $10...

The alliance is not the issue, it's about Iraq

| John Roskam
The Age 13th February, 2007

John Howard's attack on US presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama was ill-conceived and ill-considered. It was bad politics and bad foreign...

Drowning in regulation

Media, Telecommunications and IT Unit | | Alan Moran
The Herald Sun 10th February, 2007

Businesses constantly experience frustrations with government regulations. But few areas of government are trying to do something about it. One...

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