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Tag Archives: Australian Financial Review
It’s time to reveal car subsidies, Australian Financial Review
Informed debate about government largesse is meaningful debate, especially when private corporate and political interests are involved. Yesterday The Australian Financial Review reported that the Commonwealth Industry Department blocked access to data about levels of car industry subsidies. According to the … Continue reading
Date set: Gillard gets her gloves on, Australian Financial Review
By announcing the election date, Prime Minister Julia Gillard is hoping to manoeuvre around Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s election strategy, silence her business community critics, and impose strong discipline on the party she leads. In the lead-up to the Prime Minister’s … Continue reading
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
Green growth comes at a high price, Australian Financial Review
Australia’s negotiating position at the Rio+20 conference this week confirms that the Gillard government considers Australia’s national economic interest a secondary concern. The conference was roundly expected to collapse in disaster as countries have radically different views on turning the … Continue reading
Keep Green policies out of business, the Australian Financial Review
The Greens’ strategy to build a business constituency will be successful, at least among the Australian and multinational companies whose rent seeking and vested interests are advanced by Greens policies. Since being elevated to the party leadership, Christine Milne has … Continue reading
