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