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Private sector Nobel Prizes
A crowning achievement for a scientist is the award of a Nobel Prize. For an academic institution the winner is a real live jewel in the academic...
Spiralling house prices a national tragedy
According to the Real Estate Institute of Australia, average house prices in Melbourne's outer suburbs and Geelong were $270,000-$285,000 in the...
Protectionism's many faces
Kevin Rudd will face many forks in the road on his way to making Labor electable in time for this year's federal election. During his travails he...
No benefits with strings
If it wasn't an election year, the recent suggestions that the Federal Government will attach highly restrictive strings to the acquisition of...
A major difference, at last
The creation by Labor leader Kevin Rudd of a shadow ministry for independent contractors is suddenly changing the political debate about workplace...
Broadband Internet - getting the framework right
The United Nations last month released a report on broadband policies for developing nations. Unfortunately, its recommendations provide little...
Rudd idea is pushing up daisies
Kevin Rudd has signalled a determination to pursue "industry policy". In its original form, this is the long discredited Australian approach of...