Green Whiskers

Julia's carbon jury is a cop-out

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:03:58 PST

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.

Older and wiser voters not so easy to hoodwink

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:41:58 PST

"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).

Click here to read the article at The Australian's website or click on the link below to download the pdf.

Faulkner, Tanner fell short of lofty aims

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:53:00 PST

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.'

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Held to ransom over resources

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:51:09 PST

In this week's (Monday 5 July 2010) op-ed for "The Australian" Henry comments on the revamped version of the super profits tax.

Click here to read the article at The Australian website or on the link below to download the pdf version.

We'll pay dearly for this NBN folly

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:37:14 PST

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

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:49:48 PST

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.

Pain ahead for indebted Europe

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:29:29 PST

Henry's op-ed in The Australian this week (11 June 10) is about the spectre of public debt haunting European economies.

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Going retro with cash grab

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:47:39 PST

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

Fri, 28 May 2010 05:58:29 PST

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

Fri, 21 May 2010 05:07:22 PST

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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The effectiveness of health informatics

Fri, 21 May 2010 03:32:04 PST

Henry contributes to
"The Effectiveness of Health Informatics" in
"Healthcare and the Effect of Technology: Developments, Challenges and Advancements"
Author(s)/Editor(s): Stefane M. Kabene (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique, France)

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Neo-Liberalism: a few corrections

Sat, 15 May 2010 11:33:37 PST

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.

How the NBN Implementation Study stacks up

Mon, 10 May 2010 08:58:35 PST

Henry comments in CommsDay (10 May 2010) on the McKinsey-KPMG Implementation Study of the NBN.

"The Implementation Study is clearly a serious piece of work that provides a wealth of information and analysis relevant to an assessment of the NBN proposal. By and large, the Study is of high quality. However, its results are based on strong, often not well justified, assumptions, there are some seeming errors in the analysis...."

Read the full article here, or download the pdf by clicking the filename below.

This tax won't win any respect

Thu, 06 May 2010 04:37:50 PST

Henry comments in The Australian (6 May 2010) on the Government's proposed new Resources Super Profits Tax:

"The bad news on the death and taxes front is that death is still certain. The worse news, in a world where investors value predictability, is that taxes are not"

Europe's Greek tragedy has a lesson for Aussies

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:34:48 PST

Henry comments in The Australian (30 April 2010)

"MILTON Friedman was notoriously sceptical of the euro, predicting it was "going to be a big source of problems, not a source of help". When crisis hit, monetary union would prevent the eurozone countries from adopting solutions tailored to their individual circumstances. As large fiscal transfers between countries became necessary, old enmities would resurface and the edifice would collapse.

Though Friedman was not one to rejoice in the misfortunes of others, one can imagine a wry smile as he watches, from wherever he may be, the European debacle, in which the euro bears a central responsibility."

Click here to read the full article on The Australian website or download the pdf from the link below.

Spending spree not sustainable

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:30:37 PST

In his weekly opinion piece for The Australian (23 Apr 10) Henry comments on the past few weeks' health reforms.

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Robbing Peter to pay Paul's doctor

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:30:04 PST

In this week's opinion piece for The Australian (Fri 16 Apr) Henry says:

"No one would dispute that health reform is difficult. But that is not why the commonwealth government's proposals are inadequate. Rather, it is because they do not say, in an honest and transparent way, how we will pay for health care in the long run, how it will be provided, and within what constraints."

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After the GFC, its business as usual

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:54:26 PST

From Henry's opinion piece in The Australian this week (Fri 9 Apr):

"Almost exactly 12 months ago, the Group of 20 meeting in London ended with a grand declaration of unity in the face of the global financial crisis. One for all and all for one: international harmony had broken out and would sweep the world to recovery"

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Broadband needs big, fat open book

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:36:01 PST

Henry comments in The Australian (26 Mar 2010) on the latest developments in the national broadband network saga. Click here to read the full article or on the link below to download the pdf.

Health FAQs for the confused

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:08:04 PST

Henry answers some frequently asked questions about the Government's proposed hospital plan. Click here to read the full article.