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Leadership lacking on tax
At the rate Kevin Rudd is going, there's every chance tax reform will go the same way as "the greatest moral challenge of our generation". After...
What do Haitians need most? To get away from Haiti
It will take much more than a global outpouring of grief to fix Haiti. But there is one concrete way rich countries could really help out -...
Legislated robbery must be restrained
New South Wales landowner Peter Spencer recently ended a hunger strike protesting about a state government zoning that prevented farming on his...
Obama a victim as Americans struggle to accept a lesser role
If a week is a long time in politics, then a year is an eternity. Twelve months ago, Barack Obama's presidential inauguration completed a political...
The Tote faces the music
The closure of iconic rock venue The Tote provoked a groundswell of opposition to Victorian Premier John Brumby's draconian liquor licensing laws....
Massachusetts' message
The US Democrats Senate election failure in their traditionally Massachusetts stronghold was a consequence of President Obama not listening to why...
Lack of Global Agreement Offers a Chance to Cut Our Losses
Most politicians across the world recognise that measures to reduce CO2 emissions impose costs on their economies, whether they employ a carbon...
Free Trade Brings Heaps of Benefits
It's five years since our free trade agreement with the US entered into force and the results are in: Australia has won. In the lead-up to January...
Why palm oil does not deserve its bad press
Recent campaigns against palm oil show non-governmental organisations are more interested in pandering to rich country donors than promoting...
More police on the beat the answer to drunks' violence
What have the NSW Police been drinking? An email from Chief Inspector Haberley to Sydney bottle shops asks that they take full-strength products...