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Richard Allsop
Taxi reform may put passengers in the driver's seat
In the very near future, the Baillieu government in Victoria will have the opportunity to deliver a reform of national significance. It will soon...
Robust free speech should be encouraged in AFL
2012 is proving to be a bad year for free speech. Not only do we have a Federal Government hell bent on restricting it, but now the nation's...
Defend nannies to oppose the nanny state
The Australian Childcare Alliance wants to get its hands on all Australia's children. Currently, their expressed gripe is with nannies, who they...
The Difficult History of Free Speech
Last year was a bad one for freedom of speech in Australia. It was not just the decision in the Andrew Bolt case, and calls from the Greens and...
Australia not as deserving of presents as it was at past Christmases
One of the intrinsic parts of Christmas in Australia is cricket. From backyard games on the day itself, to the Boxing Day Test, it is hard to...
Shouting the odds
There is nothing more irritating in a debate than when a particular point is constantly made on the basis that, to its users, it is so...
O'Farrell has to get on board with trains
If there is one statistic which sums up the malaise that has gripped NSW in recent years, it is the patronage on the Sydney public transport...
Unmaking history
March may seem a little early to give an award for 2011 's silliest contribution to public debate in Australia, but surely, Monash University...
Infrastructure Australia has been all but derailed
The Gillard government's confirmation that it will contribute $2.1 billion to building the Epping-Parramatta railway line in suburban Sydney will...
The Ashes are important at any age
The old Jesuit saying 'give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man' could, in my case, be paraphrased as 'give the child...