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- 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: July 2012
Government and car industry like Robin Hood in reverse, The Age
The current package of subsidies for Australia’s car industry should be their last. At what point can foreign-owned car companies be described as thieves for accepting taxpayer subsidies to ‘protect’ local workers while concurrently slashing jobs? This week Ford said … Continue reading
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Uncertainty erodes the outcome, Australian Financial Review
Finally, some honesty. In “Carbon price floor crucial to its aims” (The Australian Financial Review, July 5) four lead advocates of the government’s emissions trading scheme acknowledged it “is a policy tool created by government to achieve the objective of … Continue reading
World’s biggest carbon tax set to become even bigger, The Australian
CHANGES to global carbon accounting standards will wipe out the average 20c weekly “overcompensation” by the year’s end and add $230 million to the nation’s annual carbon tax bill. The carbon tax is applied to more than just carbon dioxide. … Continue reading
