Recent Posts
- Labor's bid for local control, The Australian
- Advocates of a nanny state assume we are all children, Courier Mail
- Regulating supermarkets does not checkout, Canberra Times
- Carbon market flaws evident, The Australian
- Selling out press for a bit of pork, The Australian
- Indifference to regulatory price rises a problem, Australian Financial Review
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Petrol price promise non-core, The Australian
KEVIN Rudd’s election promise to keep petrol prices low has been exposed as non-core. That was confirmed when Climate Change and Water Minister Penny Wong announced that the cost of carbon credits from the forthcoming emissions trading scheme would apply … Continue reading
Taxes key to petrol prices, ABC
The Rudd Government’s efforts to reduce petrol prices are a sham. The ACCC’s new Petrol Commissioner cannot do anything to reduce the price of petrol. Creating a Petrol Commissioner is also a distraction from how government can actually reduce the … Continue reading
Fair trade is an unworkable attempt to rig the market, Australian Financial Review
Good intentions used to pave the road to hell. Now they can be found in your coffee cup, and in a host of other ”fair trade” products. Fair trade activists are celebrating Fair Trade fortnight. They will be out pushing … Continue reading
Logic locked out, Herald Sun
John Brumby’s proposed trial to ban entry into bars and nightclubs after 2am is a demonstration of the latter. Rather than addressing the core problems that result in drunken violence, Brumby has proposed a Band-Aid solution that will not solve … Continue reading
