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Greens' population policy no better than the others
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The power of new media
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Rudd's demise traced to front page focus
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yes i saw that interview. tony said words to the effect: "humans and nature have to live together, so open up the protected waters so ...
jusme
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hear hear! i reckon tinker with the GST. 0-5% for raw foods/water/clean power (for examples) but up to 20% for 'luxury' cars/foods/trips etc etc etc. ...
jusme
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Anon, "Those who believed that giving Hitler all of Europe was a bargain price, for peace at any cost? Are these "appeasers" to which you ...
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i'm with u andy. nothing like owning your own home, except maybe producing your own power and hot water. i also think tax all companies ...
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Once more, with passion Julia
Theatre returns to politics, as the feisty Gillard replaces the robotic one, writes Michael Gawenda in Business Spectator.
"None of this is about policies or the challenges facing the country. Gillard did talk about why she had joined the Labor Party and what she had always believed Labor stood for, but what she was really doing was fighting for her political life. Hallelujah indeed."
Decline and fall of the US
Niall Ferguson, in the National Times, says the US is in the decline and in danger of falling.
"Quietly, discreetly, the Chinese are reducing their exposure to US Treasury bonds. Perhaps they have noticed what the rest of the world's investors pretend not to see - that the US is on an unsustainable fiscal course, with no apparent political means of self-correcting."
Mavericky
Jonathan Cohn, in The New Republic, writes just when you thought it wasn’t possible for John McCain to sink any lower.
"...the real story today is the hypocrisy of what used to be the Republican Party’s moderate, sensible wing."
Farewell, Twitter's grande dame
Alice-Azania Jarvis farewells the world's oldest Twitter user in The Independent.
"Mrs Bean provided a kind of virtual surrogate. She was kind, she was considerate, she had seen more of the world than any of us. And she had taken to Twitter to share it."
