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Merger could hit red-tape turbulence
In a fast-moving global economy, government regulatory frameworks are rightly put under the microscope. The revelation in The Australian Financial...
Government to blame for market turndown
There really is nothing new under the sun. So too with the current financial crisis. But moralists are making hay while the sun shines. Prime...
One failure doesn't mean corporate child care can't be as simple as ABC
Two years ago ABC Learning Centres seemed an unstoppable force as it grew to become the largest private child-care provider in the world. It had a...
Wong right to put off our targets
Much to the chagrin of greenies, Penny Wong is delaying issuing Australia's emission reduction targets until after this month's Poznan meeting on...
Planning to go into deficit misguided
The commentators who just months ago were calling for the budget tax cuts to be cancelled are now calling for a budget deficit. Their argument is...
Neutering the net is about repression, not protection
It seems like only yesterday that the country was prosperous and the Labor Party was going to make everyone's internet faster. But now the Federal...
Labor's choice an unfair work in progress
Introducing the new industrial relations package this week Julia Gillard had a tough job. The minister was aware that unions account for only 12...
Talking down v acting up
There's an old saying: ‘‘If you keep your head while all those around you are losing theirs, you don't understand the situation.'' It's...
Gains in restoring powers to states
This weekend sees yet another round of executive federalism at work, with Kevin Rudd to meet premiers and chief ministers on funding issues. Since...
New laws change the way the workplace works
Forward with Fairness has finally arrived. At 613 pages it will take some time to digest the implications. First impressions reveal something new...