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Restructuring the economy to emit less carbon. Grattan Institute

Part 1 | Part 2Recently a report was commissioned by Grattan Institute into the likely effects of a carbon price on the operations of...

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POLITICS

Comment: The Economic Myths of Peter Costello

Andrew Charlton

On 23 September 2004, three days before the launch of his re-election campaign, John Howard visited the marginal seat of Deakin in the...

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WORLD

Comment: Gough Whitlam at 95 Years

Lindsay Tanner

Many books have been written about the political drama of the Whitlam years, particularly the government’s ultimate dismissal by Governor-...

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ECONOMICS

The Sun King: Shi Zhengrong

Eric Knight

Shi took six months to make his decision. He had arrived in Australia the year before the Tiananmen Square protests had engulfed his...

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Exodus: The International Student Sector

Margaret Simons

Only a few years ago you could see them being preyed upon at major city railway stations. Touts would hand out leaflets urging them to...

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ECONOMICS

The Cult of Green

Paul Barry

In the four years BBL was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Phil Green and his team of tyros harvested more than $2...

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ECONOMICS

China's Quarry

Paul Barry

Eighty metres below our vantage point is a flat oblong the size of 15 footy fields. Deep red in colour – because the vegetation has been...

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Greenwash

Guy Pearse

Next time you fly, grab your in-flight magazine or newspaper, carefully rip out a few pages, jot a few words on each, smile knowingly to...

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POLITICS

Fire Walk with Me

Paul Barry

The fictional version would have been far more fun: a factory burnt down to claim the insurance, politicians and businessmen cashing in on...

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ECONOMICS

The Hard Stuff

Malcolm Knox

It was a recession; that’s my excuse. A friend got me a job interview with the world’s second-biggest management consultancy. A man and a...

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ECONOMICS

The great financial panic. Paul Keating and David Wessel

Paul Keating

Part 1 | Part 2The past 18 months has seen almost unprecedented turmoil in the world’s financial markets. Even now, market jitters continue...

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ECONOMICS

Restructuring the economy to emit less carbon (p2)

Part 1 | Part 2Recently a report was commissioned by Grattan Institute into the likely effects of a carbon price on the operations of...

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ECONOMICS

Coe & Co.

Paul Barry

Coe’s best mate, Gordon Fell, is just as bright and another paragon of virtue. The former Rhodes scholar, who made his millions selling...

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POLITICS

Comment: New Labour & The ALP

Tim Soutphommasane

For much of the last three years, the conventional wisdom has been that Britain’s New Labour was experiencing its slow death under Gordon...

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POLITICS

Comment: Health Reform

Bill Bowtell

In a bold reform package unveiled in March, Kevin Rudd proposes that the Commonwealth government should assume the dominant responsibility...

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POLITICS

Dangerous Precedent: The Melbourne Model

Margaret Simons

Davis mentions the book when I ask him why, at a time when the higher education sector is more stressed than ever before, he is trying to...

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