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Pulling plug on electricity means NSW people lose out
The parliamentary impasse between the Premier and the opposition over whether the electricity industry sale should be examined reignites an issue...
Uncertainty the villain, not the power sales process
The parliamentary impasse between New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally and the opposition over whether the electricity industry sale should be...
Christianity has role in learning
The draft national curriculum for history opened an exciting prospect. Here was a chance, I thought, to defend the honour of Christianity amid the...
Gillard's government balancing act
As 2011 opens, Labor is going to face that Julia Gillard's biggest problem is a crisis of legitimacy. Not the sort of legitimacy Tony Abbott was...
Taxpayers are the true victims of the global financial crisis
About two years on from the financial crisis the world looks very different to the way it seemed in the middle of the economic collapse. The broad...
Why consumers should resist the enemies of choice
Behaviourists are wrong to say people should be protected from irrational financial decisions. The recent Australia Institute report into the...
Time for a rethink on migrants - it's no crime to seek a better life
The decisions of the Refugee Review Tribunal make disheartening reading. It hears appeals from individuals who have had their application for a...
Business regulation holding back growth
The China boom has continued to lift Australian income levels via mining demand and this has been supplemented by general increases in primary...
Give unto others as you would have them give unto you
It's a key part of the human condition: Christmas and the end of the year always inspires a bit of soul-searching. And in the 21st century, that...
Words must turn into action on free trade
Craig Emerson's excellent speech leading the directionless Gillard Government toward a new free trade revolution are welcome words, but only if he...