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Liberal leadership aftershocks
The resignation of Nick Minchin last week is a reminder that the aftershocks of the late November leadership mania are still reverberating around...
Treasuring impartiality
Treasury Secretary Ken Henry has offered support to the Government on climate change and water allocations. His Malthusian theme is that we are...
Opposition should bank on flexibility
With the devastation of the 2007 election defeat having receded and the appetite for a real contest later this year intensifying, it seems the...
NSW: nice and mediocre
At the rate it's going, NSW will end up like Europe. A nice place to go for a holiday, but you wouldn't want to live there. Or start a business...
Follow the leader
Are you confused by the state of centre-right politics in this country? Probably never more so than this fortnight. Tony Abbott staked his claim in...
Heading backwards with power generation
Thirteen years ago the Kennett government's sale of Victoria's generators raised $10 billion (about $14 billion in today's money). Now, the NSW...
It's time misguided land starvation was stopped
With boom times returning to WA, the housing market is once again overheating. The median house price in Perth is now $512,000, according to the...
The ghost of Liberals past
Could the historical Robert Menzies be anywhere near as good as the Robert Menzies that exists in everybody's minds? Last week, Tony Abbott told a...
Choosing their villains
State premiers and big business have a lot in common these days. Neither is much liked at the moment. State governments, especially Labor ones...
Healthcare: bang for buck
There seems to be some 'confusion' about recent health spending. Kevin Rudd told a Q & A audience that the previous government 'took a billion...