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Cost of carbon cuts hidden in dark plume
REDUCING emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) presents the most difficult and costly task Australia has contemplated. Most CO2 is a by-product of...
A move towards certainty, please
Many reasons have been given for the closure of the Goodyear tyre factory with the loss of 600 jobs. The strong dollar, high oil prices, and poor...
A good word for the ATO
The Tax Office is labouring to be helpful under a pile of complex legislation, writes John Roskam. The Australian Taxation Office can be blamed for...
Barrages Block Sense
Let's be honest: a dry river is not necessarily an environmental catastrophe. Last week we were warned that a leaked government report claims...
EU's cheese naming proposals are on the nose
It's almost enough to make you choke on your Aussiemade camembert. The European Union is trying to use complex intellectual property rights rules...
Petrol pricing by shifting the focus to loyalty schemes
The ACCC's FuelWatch scheme will place draconian limitations on price competition within the retail market for petrol. But petrol stations will...
It's bad policy to play blame game
The Federal Government is in serious trouble; blaming foreigners for domestic ills is the last refuge in politics. The Government is blaming our...
Free trade will help the poor
TV chef Gordon Ramsay is like many other celebrities. They think that because they can sing or dance, or kick a football, or, in Ramsay's case,...
Horrendous price on the cards for greenhouse plan
The main game in emission policy awaits the Garnaut report and perhaps the "strategic review" of the Government's climate change policies being...
Governments cannot pick winners but losers can pick governments
To be fair new governments always make mistakes. A combination of inexperienced ministers and opportunistic public servants are likely to generate...