Opinion

  • Let's see proof of 'dumping'

    The federal government is to announce a Productivity Commission review of Australia's protectionist anti-dumping laws

  • NOTEBOOK

    This week's issue of The Economist.

  • Desperately seeking decision-makers

    Australia's leaders could have a real impact on global warming, if only they had the will to act, writes Tony Cutcliffe.

  • Fundamental reason for oil surge

    Policymakers should look at supply and demand in the oil market, not speculators, argue Huw McKay and Justin Smirk.

  • New blood a testing time for Senate

    From July 1 we have a new Senate

  • Epoch-making challenges

    Given what faces the US economy, both presidential candidates owe it to voters to clearly outline their policies, writes Desmond Lachman.

  • At $US100 for a tank of petrol, some choke on filling it

    Eric Laugen, a firefighter in Seattle, is administrator of the Chevy Avalanche Fan Club of North America

  • Spare us populism at the pump

    The coalition and the government are in a muddle on petrol prices, writes Tony Harris, while Les Coleman argues Australia cannot rely on the rest of the world to do the right thing with greenhouse emissions.

  • Economic giants will shape our future

    Addressing the National Press Club to launch his Climate Change Review, Ross Garnaut termed the issue "a diabolical political problem" because of its complexity, long-term impacts, uncertainty and global reach.

  • Balance hard to find in water trade

    The fundamental objective of the national water market is to allocate our increasingly scarce water to society's highest valued uses.

  • Rudd's keyboard caper doesn't compute

    In my continuing efforts to upgrade my credentials as the world's most unreasonable father, I imposed a two hour a day limit on my boys' computer time during the current school break, which, if memory serves me right, has come about three weeks since the previous one.

  • Cycle swings Obama's way

    History suggests the US may be ready for an era of reform, writes Geoffrey Barker.

  • 2020 and all that

    John Stone, National Observer, autumn 2008

  • Right direction, wrong policy

    Garnaut's model neglects the international picture and has highly uncertain costs, writes Warwick McKibbin

  • Consultation will strike a good balance

    Garnaut's model neglects the international picture and has highly uncertain costs, writes Warwick McKibbin

  • Washington main culprit in oil run-up

    Don't blame only speculators for high oil prices, look to Washington.

  • Does monetary policy still work?

    Central banks are wielding a blunt instrument in a much trickier environment.

  • Be assured, the sky won't fall come 2010

    Lobbyists seeking special treatment are overstating the pain they'll feel.

  • National framework is a giant step forward

    A holistic approach is vital for consumers and the financial services industry.

  • Climate's right for vision

    It is time for Kevin Rudd to take the high ground on climate change policy, writes John Hewson.

  • See Peter explode

    Guy Pearse, The Monthly, July 2008.

  • Carbon scheme no cakewalk for Rudd

    'Remember John Hewson's birthday cake?" a lobbyist asked this week.

  • Sustainability the key to fixing the Murray-Darling

    COAG has fallen short of a solution on the Murray-Darling basin, writes Euan Morton.

  • Reserve status under threat

    The decline of the US dollar raises questions about its role as the world's reserve currency, writes John Quiggin.

  • NOTEBOOK

    Justice Michael Kirby of the High Court of Australia, speaking at the University of Melbourne on Monday.

  • Get real: nuclear the sane option

    All roads to the deep carbon emissions cuts demanded by industry lead to nuclear power, writes Alan Moran.

  • Flexibility key to workplace success

    It's important that reforms provide a platform for give and take in uncertain times, writes Paul Gollan.

  • Poverty not reduced by foreign aid

    Poverty is one of the largest problems facing mankind, and all developed countries give foreign (development) aid in an attempt to reduce poverty in less developed countries.

  • More gained, less pain

    Economics editor Alan Mitchell spells out how best to introduce an emissions trading scheme.

  • Obama's dry well

    From The Wall Street Journal, June 30.

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