In The Australian today:
"Let's start the week with a heretical thought: Australian farmers aren't idiots. If they are concerned about the proposed acquisition of GrainCorp by Archer Daniels Midland, their fears shouldn't be dismissed as hysterical rants."
28 Oct2013
Carbonista bushfire fallacies
In The Australian today:
"Like the theologians Voltaire skewered for attributing the great Lisbon earthquake of 1755 to licentiousness and vice, the green lobby has seized on the NSW bushfires as a sign that the carbon tax must be retained."
"Like the theologians Voltaire skewered for attributing the great Lisbon earthquake of 1755 to licentiousness and vice, the green lobby has seized on the NSW bushfires as a sign that the carbon tax must be retained."
26 Oct2013
High cost of flawed projects sustained by official fictions
Today in The Australian:
"Adelaide, August 28, 1993. Prime minister Paul Keating launches the first Collins-class submarine. As the gleaming vessel hits the water, Australia's technological prowess glistens as brightly as its military strength. Led by the ABC, the media hails the event as a triumph. "
"Adelaide, August 28, 1993. Prime minister Paul Keating launches the first Collins-class submarine. As the gleaming vessel hits the water, Australia's technological prowess glistens as brightly as its military strength. Led by the ABC, the media hails the event as a triumph. "
21 Oct2013
Leadership changes only aggravate Labor's malady
In The Australian today:
"Labor's leadership ballot was supposed to revitalise the party. Instead, it has revitalised the factions, leaving them firmly in control. Rather than learn from the past six years, Labor seems intent on repeating its mistakes."
"Labor's leadership ballot was supposed to revitalise the party. Instead, it has revitalised the factions, leaving them firmly in control. Rather than learn from the past six years, Labor seems intent on repeating its mistakes."
12 Oct2013
Taxing question as global firms exploit the gaps
In The Australian today:
"Joe Hockey's warning on Wednesday that Australia will use its chairmanship of the G20 next year to secure action curbing tax minimisation by multinationals shows the Coalition is every bit as determined as Labor was to protect Australia's revenue base."
"Joe Hockey's warning on Wednesday that Australia will use its chairmanship of the G20 next year to secure action curbing tax minimisation by multinationals shows the Coalition is every bit as determined as Labor was to protect Australia's revenue base."