Archived publication for 2004 in Occasional Paper
Recent publications
Why "Save The Murray"?
Reprinted from Quadrant Magazine: I WAS SURPRISED when I learned that the Australian was running a "Saving the Murray" campaign. I realised that journalists often fail in their quest for the truth, but I assumed that they at least subscribed to...
Some Australian Views on Climate Change
These people have no interest in furthering any political agenda on climate or related environmental issues. Rather, their comments and analysis are based upon the tradition of dispassionate honesty which characterises the scientific method. They...
Speech to the World Taxpayers Association & Taxpayers Australia Conference, 2004
The interface between taxation and work has rightly become a central focus of policy debate. Like most countries, Australia faces an ageing population with a declining ratio of working people to retired people. Amongst other things, the challenge...
The Green Inferno
The Green Inferno: Do we really want to minimise Disaster fires?
The Australian Greens Election Policies
The Australian Greens Election Policies: Why The Greens' Policies Matter
Is There Market Power in Australian Electricity Generation?
How the Deities Approached Monopoly
Balancing the Acts: The applicability of commercial legal environments for employment relations. Is the balance right?
Balancing the Acts: The Practical Consequences of the 'Bargain' [Volume 2]
International Power
The Hazelwood Power Station is one of four key baseload electricity generators operating in Victoria. Considered almost obsolete at the time of its sale in 1997, it has been refurbished and transformed into a productive and reliable asset and its...
The Strange Return of the Industrial Relations Club
This latest report from the Unit is far-reaching in that it brings together all the elements that show why the formal industrial relations system is systemically failing Australians. All the players have dropped the ball.