People & associates
Tim Wilson
Green plan won't help spluttering car makers
News that exports of Holden utes to America have been cancelled is the latest nail in the coffin of the Australian automotive industry. It is an...
A Bad Climate Trade-off
The high priests of climate change are wrapping up their latest meeting today in Poznan, Poland, where the United Nations is hosting a conference...
Congress no green house
There are two great myths perpetuated by Kevin Rudd and Climate Change Minister Penny Wong as a foundation for Australia introducing an emissions...
A change is patently needed
Patents are a private property right designed to incentivise innovation. But the incentives that patents provide for pharmaceutical innovation have...
How not to halt progress
More than a hundred countries met in Accra last week in negotiations for a new climate change agreement after the Kyoto Protocol expires in...
Attacking patents is a way to halt progress on climate accord
A hundred countries are meeting in Accra this week in negotiations for a new climate change agreement after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012....
Tariffs, not patents, hurt low-carbon innovation
A hundred countries are meeting in Accra, Ghana, this week in negotiations for a new climate change agreement after the Kyoto Protocol expires in...
Flawed focus drove Doha talks to collapse
The Doha Development Round is in a deep, deep coma. A lot of excuses will be made for a failure to reach agreement. But the real problem is that...
No Doha deal better than a dud one
Free trade remains in Australia's best interests. This week trade ministers descended on Geneva for negotiations to try to break the deadlock in...
EU's cheese naming proposals are on the nose
It's almost enough to make you choke on your Aussiemade camembert. The European Union is trying to use complex intellectual property rights rules...