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Good oil refined out of existence
Caltex has seen its share price value outperform that of similar stocks in recent weeks. Usually it is a promising new investment that drives a...
The decriminalisation (or even legalisation) of drugs
It doesn't take more than a moment of thought to recognise that the rulings on which drugs are legal or illegal are governed by no particular...
No Love Lost Between Labor and Rudd
In yesterday's ballot for the Labor Party's 102-strong legislative caucus, freshly resigned Minister of Foreign Affairs Kevin Rudd lost...
Old-school ideas not on the money
The Gonski report on school funding follows in the path of every other government report on schooling of the past 40 years. It identifies the...
Abbott needs to be ready
Kevin Rudd and big business have a lot in common apparently. According to Labor ministers they're both willing to put self-interest ahead of the...
Not Only Nixon Could Go to China
President Richard Nixon's visit to China 40 years ago this week is rightly remembered as a historic breakthrough. Decades later, however, few...
O'Farrell's campaign finance reforms are abominable
As a general rule, any government that changes the rules of elections and political campaigns should be looked upon sceptically. It's too easy to...
Private v public health care: no simple policy cure
Last week the ALP government achieved one of its goals - the private health insurance rebate will be means tested from July 1, 2012. For many this...
An Australian bloodbath
It's an intricate two-step, but one false move now spells death. As Kevin Rudd surprises everyone, including his own supporters, with his adroit...
Avowed anti-communist opened China to the world
"Congratulations on a magnificent breakthrough!" Donald Rumsfeld wrote to Richard Nixon after his announcement that he would visit the People's...