Last updated Julia's carbon jury is a cop-out
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Henry comments in an op-ed for The Australian (30 July 2010) on the Labour party's climate change strategy. Click here to read the article or on the link below to download a pdf version.
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Older and wiser voters not so easy to hoodwink
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"While the median voter in next month's election will be older than ever, they will have more years of life ahead than the median voter at any time in our history..." writes Henry in an oped for The Australian (19 July 2010).
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Faulkner, Tanner fell short of lofty aims
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The ministers were a part of the Rudd government's lack of transparency, says Henry Ergas in an oped for 'The Australian' (13 July 2010)
'No comets overflew Canberra on the night of June 23, but it is reasonable to suppose that the plotting that precipitated the downfall of Kevin Rudd caused some disturbance among the heavenly bodies, for within days, two of the government's most senior members, Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner and Defence Minister John Faulkner, had announced they would serve only until the election.'
Click here to read the full story at The Australian website or download the pdf below.
'No comets overflew Canberra on the night of June 23, but it is reasonable to suppose that the plotting that precipitated the downfall of Kevin Rudd caused some disturbance among the heavenly bodies, for within days, two of the government's most senior members, Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner and Defence Minister John Faulkner, had announced they would serve only until the election.'
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Held to ransom over resources
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In this week's (Monday 5 July 2010) op-ed for "The Australian" Henry comments on the revamped version of the super profits tax.
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We'll pay dearly for this NBN folly
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Henry comments on the NBN deal in his op-ed for The Australian this week (28 June 2010):
EIGHTEEN months ago, Telstra proposed risking $10 billion of its shareholders' money building a high-speed broadband network. After that bid fell over, the government, dizzy with its success in the polls, decided to build a fibre network of its own. Why? Because, Kevin Rudd said at the time, the alternative would have been to pay Telstra "billions of dollars in compensation".
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Kevin 7/11 needs to think long term
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Kevin 7/11 needs to think long term.
In this week's (18 Jun 2010) op-ed for The Australian Henry clarifies and explains the problems with the Government's proposed resource super-profits tax. To read the full article at The Australian website click here or download the PDF below.
In this week's (18 Jun 2010) op-ed for The Australian Henry clarifies and explains the problems with the Government's proposed resource super-profits tax. To read the full article at The Australian website click here or download the PDF below.
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Going retro with cash grab
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In this week's op-ed for The Australian (4 Jun 10) Henry comments on the proposed changes to resources taxation.
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About the rent we're charging
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In this week's (28 May 10) op-ed for The Australian newspaper Henry explains some key concepts about the proposed mining tax, mooted changes and their possible impacts.
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Big risks require bigger returns
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Telecommunications
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This week Henry's opinion piece for "The Australian" is a review of the recent McKinsey/KPMG study on the National Broadband Network:
"The recently released McKinsey/KPMG study on the National Broadband Network is 534 pages long. How many times does it say the NBN is worth doing? Not once. As postmodernists say, read the silence."
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Neo-Liberalism: a few corrections
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Henry Ergas and Robert Manne clash on capitalism.
In The Australian newspaper (15 May 2010) Henry and Robert Manne have exchange views on capitalism, neo-liberalism and the GFC. Click here to read the full article or download the pdf version below.
In The Australian newspaper (15 May 2010) Henry and Robert Manne have exchange views on capitalism, neo-liberalism and the GFC. Click here to read the full article or download the pdf version below.
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