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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...
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...
Machine culture rotten to core
Is the NSW Government totally dysfunctional or is it just suffering from a series of disconnected unfortunate events? The list of events is long...
NZ gets its ACT together
New Zealand's electoral system might be completely incomprehensible, but it does have some benefits. At the election last weekend, the ACT party,...
Politics and the top cop
Being the Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police sounds like a terrible job. In the aftermath of Christine Nixon's announcement to step down as...
Billions lost as SA finances melt away
IN the modern economy, everything is interconnected. Poor financial regulation in the U.S. leads to a meltdown in their housing market; banks...
Clamp on conflict of interest may hobble sound judgement
Do we want our councillors to be even less interested in local government policy than they already are? As potential councillors submit their...
Big bucks roll in poll quest
Despite both Labor and the Liberals promising to outdo each other on the fiscal conservative criteria, The Canberra Times election "spendometer" in...
Public service balloons in Qld
Queensland has undoubtedly been one of Australia's boom states in the past 10 years, accounting for one third of Australia's growth. As the...
Where's the local goodwill when it comes to rates
How do we know that our local councils have raised far more money than they need? It isn't the fact that local governments have enough money to...