Disruptive Technologies and the Laissez Faire Dream
By Shane Crocker The Australian Competition Policy Review (also known as the Harper Review) was released on 31 March 2015. The “Review of Competition Policy” […]
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Just in time for Christmas . . .
By Richard O’Brien With Christmas just around the corner, Commonwealth Toys ® has announced a new range of action figurines – the Political Leaders series. […]
Can’t afford a house? Well maybe you could settle for a power station!
As I’ve pointed out before, the business section of the paper is more reliable when it comes to getting information. I’m not suggesting that the […]
Turnbull? Well, Nobody Faustus … (Ah, with puns like that I could work for Murdoch)
For anyone taking a step back, the question is: Has Turnbull sold his soul, or only rented it in the hope of buying it back […]
Why do we have a Coalition government?
The obvious answer as to why we have a Coalition government at the moment is that the majority of people voted that way at the […]
Turnbull v Abbott: PM in an age of terror
Insofar as personality is a signifier of leadership ability (and like it or not, it is probably the most important characteristic as far as the […]
A little less Lucy in our lives
When Malcolm Turnbull joined Angela Merkel addressing the media in Berlin last week, he praised the work of the Australia-Germany Advisory Group and presented a […]
Set the girls free, Mr Turnbull
A letter from the heart, by Bob Rafto Dear PM Turnbull During Abbott’s tenure as PM the population was on high alert, not because of […]
Why Tony Abbott Isn’t Darth Vader … Although Christopher Pyne May Be R2-D2!
Another Star Wars movie. Little did I know when I saw that first one way back in the seventies that I was watching something that […]
Confusion in the Turnbull Government
Much about the Turnbull Government confuses me. Either I don’t know what they’re talking about, or they themselves have no idea what they’re talking about. […]
Skip the work and save part and go straight to invest, you’ll be better off
Today Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox is giving a speech in which he will assert that broadening the base of the GST and […]
Ms Gillard’s sickening hypocrisy laid bare
It was with disbelief, and finally contempt, that I watched excerpts of the Al Jazeera interview with former Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the topic […]
Democracy: The Genie is out of the bottle
Equality and freedom are two core component of democracy. Whether it’s me, you or Malcolm Turnbull walking into that polling booth on election day – everybody’s vote […]
Tax And The Bleeding Obvious!
Ok, most of the focus on discussions about the GST has been about how it’s a regressive tax and how it affects the poor more […]
Shorten. Where’s the hope?
Shorten is like your ex-boyfriend who everyone wanted you to marry, but you just weren’t that into him. Your mum thought he was a nice […]