Henry in The Australian Fri 18 Nov 2011:

"Having given the Greens their tonne of flesh with the carbon tax, Julia Gillard is repositioning as quickly as she can to the middle. The "surprise" trip to Afghanistan, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the proposed uranium sales to India and Barack Obama's visit to Australia all give the 264 a new, more mainstream gloss."

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Henry in The Australian Fri 11 Nov 2011:

"Julia Gillard is certainly right when she says that Australia "has nothing to fear from freer and freer trade": after all, protectionism is merely a way of taxing consumers to subsidise inefficient producers, reducing incomes overall. And Gillard also deserves a cheer for pushing the G20 to revive global trade talks."

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Henry in The Australian Fri 4 Nov 2011: "It s no defence of a law that encourages arson to say it also provides firefighters. And it is even worse if the fire brigade will save your house only if the entire street is on fire, forcing the victims of arson to themselves become arsonists. Yet that is exactly what the Fair Work Act does." Click here to read the full op-ed at The Australian's website (suscription required) or on the link below to download a pdf.

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Henry in The Australian Thurs 3 November 2011: Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has balls. And his decision to call a referendum on the austerity program is hardly irrational. True, it is a gamble, and a risky one. But, like Paul Keating in 1986, he has confronted Greece with its banana republic moment, and challenged it to rise to the threat it faces. Far from expressing dismay, European leaders should have endorsed his call. Click here to read the full op-ed at The Australian's website (suscription required) or on the link below to download a pdf.

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Henry in The Australian Friday 28 October:

"Count on Julia Gillard to lecture Europe about fiscal rectitude when at 3.4 per cent of gross domestic product, our 2011 structural budget deficit is twice Germany's, a third larger than Italy's and only a fraction smaller than France's. "

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Henry in The Australian Friday 21 October 2011:

"It has taken three months and 10 hours of questioning in Senate committees. Ultimately, however, the facts do emerge. And they did last Monday."


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