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| | Independents may hold key to policy reform, The Australian, 30 August 2010
FOR five long weeks, it seemed the big loser of the election campaign was policy reform.
Neither side took a convincing policy agenda to the... 
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| | The true believers must now rally to save Labor's languishing soul, The Australian, 25 August 2010
Three years ago, the election of a Labor government raised progressive hopes of a reforming golden age.
They have been disappointed. Within...
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| | Market design may define PM's green legacy, The Australian, 30 July 2010
There is both spin and substance in Julia Gillard's nomination of Bob Hawke as a prime ministerial role model.
Of course the celebrity stardust of...
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| | From Vienna to Vancouver dense cities are better, The Australian, 28 July 2010
There has been so far in our population debate something of a trump card whose validity few of us have paused to consider. I'm referring here to that...
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| | Julia Gillard and the Mining Tax, Life Matters, Radio National, 5 July 2010
The government has struck a deal with the mining industry over the contentious super-profits tax. But who won?
The miners will pay more tax, but...
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| | Why Labor ditched Kevin Rudd, The Guardian, 24 June 2010
Australian politics has never been conducted in half-measures. But even seasoned observers have been struck by the swift and ruthless brutality with...
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| | The No Frills Budget, Life Matters, Radio National, 12 May 2010
The envy of the developed world - that's us. We've defied global economic gravity says the Treasurer Wayne Swan.
The no frills budget, a...
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| | Time will cut through the frenzy surrounding the Henry review, The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 May 2010
The Henry tax review has some striking parallels with a Harry Potter novel. The manuscript delivered under lock and key. Secrecy and intrigue...
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| | The Henry Tax Review, Life Matters, Radio National, 3 May 2010
The Prime Minister promised the Henry report into tax would deliver 'root and branch reform'. But just a day after the release of the response to the...
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| | Nation-building leader would back bigger country, The Australian, 21 April 2010
Population debates in Australia have always been highly divisive. During the early 20th century, popular and patriotic ideas of a grand Australia of...
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| | Labor wins vote of confidence on economic management, The Australian, 7 April 2010
Amid much discussion of batts, budgies and Barnaby, a critical shift in the Australian political dynamic has gone largely unnoticed.
In last...
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| | Big Government, Small Government, Life Matters, Radio National, 1 March 2010
The global economic crisis demanded a greater role for governments, and meant large deficits.
Indeed the Economist magazine recently complained...
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| | Productivity, tax and interest rates, Life Matters, Radio National, 1 February 2010
It's a big week for economic news: Wayne Swan releases the government's third intergenerational report today, the Reserve Bank seems set to increase...
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| | Aussies favour more tax on rich: survey, The Age, 22 January 2010
High-income earners should pay more tax and those less well off are paying too much, a survey shows.
The tax survey, by think-tank Per Capita,...
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| | The rich don't pay enough tax - and many others pay too much, ABC News Radio, 18 January 2010
Marius Benson of ABC News Radio speaks with David Hetherington about the findings of Per Capita's new Tax Survey
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| | Taxpayers giving the rich a cheap ride: Survey, Sydney Morning Herald, 18 January 2010
Most Australians believe high-income earners do not pay enough tax, and nearly all think low- and middle-income earners pay too much, according to a...
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