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Overhaul needed as Melbourne's cabs taxi to a halt
If you think Melbourne's taxis are providing a poor service, you are not alone. The latest patronage and satisfaction figures show general...
State can't afford a home affordability crisis
From the Gold Coast to Cairns, local elections have delivered office to people whose platform was aimed at controlling (read ``preventing'')...
Power price spike scorches companies
AGL Energy has found a silver lining in the hot weather Adelaide has faced this year. The company is reported to have made an extra $60 million in...
Nanny state ad bans won't stop kids liking junk food
It used to be that if the government didn't like something, it would ban it. Now, if the government disapproves of a product, it just bans it from...
Opinions Clash at Climate Conference
I was recently in New York for the International Conference on Climate Change. The 500 delegates came from a great diversity of professions...
Carbon rationing or freedom
Australia has now ratified the Kyoto Protocol and when George Bush's Presidency expires the United States is also likely to join up. Indeed all...
More land, lower prices - guaranteed
At the end of last year, the average Australian house sold for $471,000, according to the Real Estate Institute - a 12% increase on the year...
Myths on food miles
Last week federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Tony Burke, exposed the ``food miles'' campaign as ``nothing more than...
Pedestal to the metal
THE car is doomed announced two Melbourne academics in The Age last week. According to them, carbon emissions targets compel us to reduce...
Let's cool it in heat of great debate
Hundreds of prominent scientists this week attended a conference in New York hosted by the US Heartland Institute. The scientists rejected claims...