Today in The Australian
Just as the government, in allocating the 12,000 places it has added to the humanitarian intake, has every right to screen out security threats, so it has every right to test whether applicants are capable of integrating peacefully and effectively into the community.
07 Sep2015
EU should revisit Australia’s asylum-seeker policy
Today in The Australian
All the grief in the world about the death by drowning of Aylan and Galip Kurdi, aged 3 and 5, as they tried to cross from Turkey to Greece, cannot absolve Europe of its responsibility for the 2600 lives lost, this year alone, to the Mediterranean’s treacherous seas.
All the grief in the world about the death by drowning of Aylan and Galip Kurdi, aged 3 and 5, as they tried to cross from Turkey to Greece, cannot absolve Europe of its responsibility for the 2600 lives lost, this year alone, to the Mediterranean’s treacherous seas.
31 Aug2015
Tax reform: Australia could do without a CGT
Today in the Australian
If there is an iron law of Australian public policy, it is that you can’t keep a bad idea down. And never was that clearer than in the National Reform Summit’s discussion of capital gains tax.
If there is an iron law of Australian public policy, it is that you can’t keep a bad idea down. And never was that clearer than in the National Reform Summit’s discussion of capital gains tax.
27 Aug2015
National Reform Summit: Agreeing to disagree a place to start
Today in The Australian:
“Every human benefit and enjoyment,” wrote Edmund Burke, “is founded on compromise.”
“Every human benefit and enjoyment,” wrote Edmund Burke, “is founded on compromise.”
15 Aug2015
IR report: Productivity Commission falls short of the mark
Today in The Australian
The sole objective of the industrial relations system should be to facilitate the process by
which employees and employers reach mutually advantageous agreements about the
terms and conditions of employment.
The sole objective of the industrial relations system should be to facilitate the process by
which employees and employers reach mutually advantageous agreements about the
terms and conditions of employment.
15 Aug2015
Chinese economy: yuan’s ripple effect exposes weaknesses
In The Australian today
While the initial shock has eased, the reaction to the devaluation of the yuan highlights just how anxious world markets are about China’s economic prospects.
While the initial shock has eased, the reaction to the devaluation of the yuan highlights just how anxious world markets are about China’s economic prospects.