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» 18/12/2012 5:18:18 PM The article talks about the state of New Hampshire having some of the lowest homicide rate.....
» 31/08/2007 12:31:23 PM Billie, You asked "why doesn't Tasmanian agriculture grow more hemp/cannabis/marijua.....
» 12/07/2007 9:12:48 AM The panzer metaphor is quite amusing......
» 28/06/2007 11:54:45 PM John Hirst blames the welfare state on LIBERTARIANS. But surely he should blame social dem.....
» 27/07/2006 10:52:37 AM QUOTE: Now I am well aware of the nonsence that a high low minimum rate of pay is bad for .....
» 21/07/2006 10:33:44 AM If AWAs only represent 4% of the workforce then how will abolishing them help? It just sou.....
» 9/06/2006 3:14:26 AM In response to my comment Perdsus said:- "You could just as easily say that the curr.....
» 6/06/2006 11:15:57 PM I agree with Richard. Financial data is not economics. And it would be nice if journalists.....
» 6/06/2006 10:46:17 PM The article is utter rubbish. The notion that a rising dollar is the sign of a "str.....
» 28/04/2006 3:19:19 PM I disagree with the thrust of the article. When I give to charity it is generally for fo.....
» 10/04/2006 11:01:04 AM I think that the author is essentially right. There has been a lack of leadership in selli.....
» 28/03/2006 5:45:19 PM It is good that Graeme Haycroft employs lots of people. That way lots of people have jobs......
» 8/03/2006 2:42:15 PM The medicare levy should be either abolished or adjusted to reflect the true cost of publi.....
» 8/03/2006 2:34:19 PM If we are going to index tax scales (such as the tax free threshold) then it should be ind.....
» 8/03/2006 1:24:28 PM It's a pity that so few Australians earn a six figure sum. Perhaps our tax system has some.....
» 12/02/2006 2:26:09 PM In Sydney for many years it was illegal to own a water tank. A water tank is the ultimate .....
» 12/02/2006 2:14:19 PM Iran has already indicated that it will be responding with its own set of cartoons. This w.....
» 29/01/2006 8:57:02 PM QUOTE: We wouldn't let cows or sheep be killed like this, so why allow such cruel killing .....
» 27/01/2006 12:51:43 PM It's nice that four models produce different four results. Are these computer models? Do t.....
» 25/01/2006 10:12:33 PM Is somebody going to do something about the cruelty to seals that is inflicted by killer w.....
» 25/01/2006 10:06:26 PM QUOTE: I love the first comment. The poster should understand the duplicity. For example, .....
» 19/01/2006 9:02:42 PM For examples of greenpeace hypocracy try this article:- http://www.greenspirit.com/printa.....
» 18/01/2006 12:17:07 PM Sea Shepherd are pirates on the high seas. If they get shot by the Japanese acting in self.....
» 4/01/2006 10:13:50 PM Elizabeth Crouch makes some good points and I do think that regulation is running mad. H.....
» 4/01/2006 10:05:04 PM QUOTE: the richest 20% of Australian households own 63% of all net wealth in the country; .....
» 4/01/2006 9:57:28 PM The government spends over $200 billion of our dollars every year. And thats just the Fede.....
» 3/01/2006 11:48:01 AM I have been trying to work out why Kerry Packer is regarded as a great business man. Perha.....
» 30/12/2005 12:47:20 PM Thankyou Owen McShane. What you have said in this article should be bleeding obvious. Ho.....
» 15/12/2005 9:38:41 AM The Economist magazine does not publish journalists names with articles. As such the edito.....
» 15/12/2005 9:24:11 AM I agree that jury verdicts should be unanimous. If a reasonable juror has doubt then the.....
» 11/12/2005 11:16:11 PM QUOTE SHONGA: RU486 should be the womans progative as to whether or not she takes it, not .....
» 11/12/2005 11:01:46 PM QUOTE: ... unlike some others in this place who I agrue with, I believe you to be a reason.....
» 11/12/2005 10:59:18 PM QUOTE: ... all of mankind has the right to reproduce, and reverse your earlier post that s.....
» 9/12/2005 8:50:32 PM Amel, Which countries do you think are less racist than Australia? Regards, Terje. P......
» 9/12/2005 8:35:18 PM I agree that politicians should get out of medicine. That would save the taxpayers $35.5 b.....
» 9/12/2005 8:26:16 PM Shonga, Do you know about "Godwin's Law". Let me provide a reference:- http://.....
» 8/12/2005 9:17:07 PM Enaj, So if you cut taxes then people will spend more and the economy will be better off......
» 8/12/2005 9:07:44 PM QUOTE: Australia is a secular liberal democratic nation. RESPONSE: Oh how I wish Australi.....
» 7/12/2005 8:36:28 AM Why do we stockpile Australias richest individuals on the RBA board? We put people like Ge.....
» 7/12/2005 8:30:50 AM I am not sure why paid maternity leave is regarded by some as some type of sacred human ri.....
» 7/12/2005 8:27:23 AM Aka, Are you anticipating a contraction of M0. Otherwise what do you mean by less money i.....
» 5/12/2005 8:38:23 PM I agree with Greg Barns. If adults want to do dangereous things like rock climbing, gett.....
» 5/12/2005 8:29:04 PM Chilli, You said "I don't see any realistic alternative to capitalism if I want my f.....
» 3/12/2005 3:50:05 PM I'm male and 35. On economic issues I regard myself as right wing. However my views on civ.....
» 30/11/2005 3:21:38 PM I understand the peak oil theory reasonably well. However I thought that the recent hike i.....
» 30/11/2005 3:13:51 PM Shonga, Billionairs are a tiny proportion of our economy. I have no problem what so ever .....
» 28/11/2005 8:52:09 AM Was that a straw man.....
» 26/11/2005 8:16:24 PM If you are talking of income tax then you should talk about people on income x, y or z. Be.....
» 26/11/2005 8:07:14 PM People rarely get sacked for being unskilled unless they misrepresented their skills when .....
» 25/11/2005 10:43:53 PM Why not get the ACTU to start and run a few businesses. They could leverage their popular .....
» 24/11/2005 9:30:11 PM QUOTE: rather it should be a time, for investment in the nation's most valuable capital, i.....
» 24/11/2005 9:25:52 PM In inflation adjusted terms federal funding for Health in the budget has increased over 40.....
» 24/11/2005 11:16:04 AM I suspect that people work harder because the tax burden is higher and because land zoning.....
» 21/11/2005 9:58:21 AM QUOTE: Terje, You are quite right a redistribution of wealth, certainly does not make us a.....
» 20/11/2005 7:10:18 AM Silent Minority, QUOTE: Does a desire not to always have the latest knicknacks and gizmoe.....
» 19/11/2005 7:18:30 AM The only reason that wages are low in China is that across their economy the capital to la.....
» 18/11/2005 8:41:36 PM Faustino, Well done. There is a small group of people who spend their time "regul.....
» 18/11/2005 8:28:25 PM QUOTE: the "government" means the collective representation of society RESPONSE.....
» 18/11/2005 8:21:38 PM I completely agree with the notion that wealth does not maky you happy (it need not make y.....
» 14/11/2005 9:04:18 AM Worth a look:- http://www.enviromission.com.au/.....
» 14/11/2005 8:05:10 AM Journalists bring us the facts for which they deserve high praise. However many of them al.....
» 14/11/2005 5:08:24 AM Yuyutsu, I understand your logic but disagree. Too many times idle hands create problems .....
» 10/11/2005 8:36:28 PM If its a well paid job then why is UNPAID leave such a problem? You want your husband to e.....
» 10/11/2005 8:17:04 PM I really like the relatively open border policy we have with New Zealand. I think we shoul.....
» 2/11/2005 10:56:18 PM With the value of the Australian dollar hovering around 49 milligrams of gold we are in In.....
» 1/11/2005 11:23:23 PM QUOTE: Depression is a health crisis that is experienced by one in four teenagers. More mo.....
» 31/10/2005 9:34:26 PM If "network effects" create a natural monopoly then why does some upstart open d.....
» 31/10/2005 9:25:01 PM I have found that the most effective way to feel depressed is to repeatedly ask myself the.....
» 29/10/2005 6:24:44 PM QUOTE: "Why are our wage levels so high relative to many places?" The answer i.....
» 29/10/2005 3:21:54 PM The federal minimum wage is slowly becoming irrelevant in the USA. Clinton passed laws to .....
» 29/10/2005 1:11:34 PM The most offensive tariff that we tolerate is home grown. It is the tariff on trade betwee.....
» 29/10/2005 12:53:42 PM We have too many one size fits all economic rules. When sizing the minimum wage for people.....
» 26/10/2005 6:21:06 AM Shonga, The ACTU is only 78 years old. Regards, Terje......
» 20/10/2005 3:57:53 PM The problem is not with this road being privately owned. The problem is with how the pub.....
» 20/10/2005 3:37:54 PM When laws ensure that an institution has a captive market then service levels are likely t.....
» 19/10/2005 6:13:58 PM Too much there seems to be the view that higher productivity means working harder or longe.....
» 19/10/2005 10:43:50 AM I think that Howards new anti-terrorism laws are a real threat to liberty. I agree with th.....
» 19/10/2005 10:31:29 AM The author is right in pointing out that one person voting or not will make no difference......
» 14/10/2005 10:21:39 PM Existing entitlements are not "up for grabs" as Bill Shorten implies. Rather the.....
» 12/10/2005 3:31:25 PM The IR changes proposed by Howard are somewhat pathetically mild. We still end up with bas.....
» 10/10/2005 12:07:51 PM I think Vern is spot on with his take on community building and the failure that flows fro.....
» 6/10/2005 12:43:04 PM There is a small chance that a bus will hit me tomorrow. However I am not as worried as al.....
» 25/09/2005 9:30:18 PM Arjay, Are we allowed to refer to ACOSS as nutters? If we are allowed then I shall be doi.....
» 25/09/2005 7:36:32 AM I was a vegetarian for six years and I can happily report that we can survive without meat.....
» 25/09/2005 7:30:36 AM We have way too many laws. If the old laws are ineffective and we need new laws then ple.....
» 23/09/2005 8:43:43 PM COL SAID: Considering that 90% of all business ventures fail in their first 5 years and 90.....
» 21/09/2005 12:21:23 AM We need tax cuts. Not more so called "revenue neutral" tax reforms that take wit.....
» 19/09/2005 10:00:40 PM We should be seeking to abolish income tax (ie a flat rate of 0%). We can make a start b.....
» 16/09/2005 11:55:17 PM In the article Keith says that Guerrilla warfare is a new form of warfare. But wikipedia s.....
» 16/09/2005 11:42:51 PM QUOTE: They are the issues like the individual versus the collective, freedom versus respo.....
» 16/09/2005 9:48:07 PM No business exists for its customers. The idea that it does or should is the myth of the K.....
» 15/09/2005 10:20:36 PM Hedgehog, Can you point to any evidence that shows that beating your children will result.....
» 15/09/2005 10:04:35 PM One of the key limits to development in African nations is the ridiculous level of taxatio.....
» 13/09/2005 9:40:50 PM Des Moore is telling the ALP how it can once again become relevant and competetive. I hope.....
» 11/09/2005 11:46:24 PM I advocate the abolition of income tax entirely. So whatever reform they come up with that.....
» 10/09/2005 9:45:08 PM The difficulty for Islam is that it does not have a tradition that advocates the separatio.....
» 9/09/2005 9:29:01 PM The claim that the US minimum wage is set a US$5 per hour misses the fact that the individ.....
» 8/09/2005 9:19:31 AM The article makes no attempt to separate out the influences of income inequality from weal.....
» 8/09/2005 12:53:24 AM Three and a half decades is an interesting framing of history in which to look at monetary.....
» 5/09/2005 11:21:01 PM I would rather we paid a welfare subsidy to people on low wages instead of paying it to pe.....
» 5/09/2005 11:03:53 PM Does this mean that referring to Arabs as towel-heads is no longer considered to be in bad.....
» 5/09/2005 10:36:19 PM I think we should abolish income tax outright. I think the dead weight cost is not worth t.....
» 26/08/2005 11:01:32 PM You said that the 'left' is defined by values like:- -Freedom of Sexual orientation -Welf.....
» 24/08/2005 9:29:58 PM I agree with John Humpheries on just about everything in his essay. However a couple of .....
» 22/08/2005 10:49:47 PM There is a bit of bait and switch in this article. QUOTE:- " This means poverty i.....
» 22/08/2005 5:51:45 PM No doubt this articles will be followed by further healthy debate between the two Peters. .....
» 20/08/2005 3:51:15 PM Motorists wear 100% of the cost of congestion. To slug them with an extra cost in the way .....
» 18/08/2005 9:44:23 PM Personally I don't want to own any of Telstra. However if the other 70% of Australians do .....
» 18/08/2005 8:13:09 AM QUOTE:However, it needs to be highlighted that the current unemployment figures are based .....
» 17/08/2005 7:52:39 PM Daggart, I am all in favour of communities, collectives and not for profit organisations......
» 15/08/2005 11:04:42 PM QUOTE: The only chance we stand is to ditch the baggage of economic so-called 'rationalism.....
» 15/08/2005 9:13:10 PM It would seem that my sarcasm with regards to protectionism and regional patriotism was mi.....
» 15/08/2005 8:43:14 PM In Australia you have to earn about A$1800 per week before they tax you at 50 cents in the.....
» 14/08/2005 12:08:15 AM QUOTE: Terje, at the risk of getting personal, would you be able to maintain your current .....
» 13/08/2005 2:51:57 PM I think there are lots of technical options for cars if oil gets too scarce. 1. Hybrid e.....
» 12/08/2005 9:56:43 PM QUOTE: You have ignored my examples which show that the GDP and the ABS's measures of incr.....
» 11/08/2005 9:19:01 PM Philo, The price would be fairer for a potential backyard farmer like me if councils proh.....
» 11/08/2005 9:14:28 PM Des is correct. The minimum wage is a pox on society. It criminalises a whole range of emp.....
» 11/08/2005 8:48:31 PM Its a very nicely written essay. I am an Engineer by training myself so I always enjoy an .....
» 11/08/2005 7:03:10 PM Mollydukes, You make it sound as though capitalism is driven by something other than do g.....
» 11/08/2005 12:35:01 AM In terms of the economic debate (ie looking at income, wealth and material poverty) I thin.....
» 10/08/2005 5:46:10 AM I grew up on a farm but now I live in Sydney. Sydney imports nearly all its food. Maybe we.....
» 9/08/2005 8:38:48 PM Mollyduke, It seems to me that you want to attack Peters solution whilst side stepping th.....
» 8/08/2005 11:17:25 PM If farming is largely a lifestyle thing then we definitely should not prop it up with subs.....
» 8/08/2005 10:17:48 PM Peter Saunders is entirely correct. I no longer give a stuff about poverty in Australia (o.....
» 7/08/2005 2:48:43 PM The following article comes close to the real truth about African poverty. http://www.wan.....
» 7/08/2005 6:34:24 AM QUOTE FROM ARTICLE: "Liberal democracy rests on certain agreed values that recognise .....
» 7/08/2005 6:28:22 AM Kyoto would be a very different beast if China was inside the tent. However the original K.....
» 6/08/2005 6:00:13 PM QUOTE: "Terje, I feel rather saddened over your comment about the ‘majority RAMMING s.....
» 5/08/2005 9:21:14 PM What an arrogant load of toss. QUOTE: "it does require them to acknowledge that part.....
» 4/08/2005 9:36:28 PM The socialist mindset recommends a form of policy poison as a cure. Global social security.....
» 3/08/2005 9:16:55 PM A more intelligent topic might be conducted on the basis that "Violation of Human rig.....
» 3/08/2005 9:02:11 PM As usual Henry Thornton is all over the shop. However there is some small glimmer of monet.....
» 26/07/2005 9:07:40 PM If we abolish SBS we will have the side benefit of eliminating South Park from TV. America.....
» 25/07/2005 6:42:01 PM QUOTE: "The anatomy of a suicide bomber" That is a joke right? I mean locating .....
» 25/07/2005 6:39:34 PM QUOTE: We are not individuals. Sure, the constant message of our culture is that we are is.....
» 24/07/2005 9:09:00 PM MNCs are supposed to represent the interests of their shareholders. And on the whole they .....
» 23/07/2005 11:40:12 PM My concern with a Bill of Rights is that I fear it could be used as an assault on our libe.....
» 21/07/2005 5:56:34 PM Federal Income Tax was a temporary measure introduced in WWII. Somebody forgot to repeal i.....
» 16/07/2005 10:06:32 PM I would regard starvation as a good indicator of poverty. When people die of hunger on mas.....
» 15/07/2005 11:07:25 PM It seems that the pay some CEOs receive for doing their job is exceeded only by the pay th.....
» 15/07/2005 9:33:23 PM African poverty is caused by:- 1. Political corruption and failed institutions. 2. Poor p.....
» 15/07/2005 9:28:11 PM When I was 18 years old I left my parents home in the country and moved 600km to the city .....
» 11/07/2005 12:20:29 PM QUOTE: So Terje, you really think poor parenting is the root cause of poverty? RESPONSE:.....
» 8/07/2005 10:08:09 PM Yes. Collusion is a form of co-operation that crosses corporate boundaries and has been cr.....
» 8/07/2005 10:01:42 PM Sorry but the article you cite is by Krugman. I know that we should not shoot the messenge.....
» 7/07/2005 9:39:29 PM There are a number of things that we inherit from our parents that I think are likely to i.....
» 7/07/2005 9:34:11 PM Cows are not facing extinction because producers have a vested interest in maintaing numbe.....
» 7/07/2005 11:04:45 AM The article makes a good point when it notes that the $87 billion spent on welfare does no.....
» 7/07/2005 10:42:27 AM In Norway my relatives eat Whale. In Australia my relatives eat Cow. If we want to get sac.....
» 6/07/2005 12:07:21 AM Mr Tuckey is spot on. I am glad that somebody from within the socialist stong hold that is.....
» 5/07/2005 8:50:11 PM Australia should float interest rates. The RBA should manage the value (price) of our cu.....
» 4/07/2005 7:15:43 PM Perhaps the best public commuter system in the world is the Japanese rail system. It moves.....
» 4/07/2005 9:24:32 AM Its funny that people lament the excesses of competition and long for a world of co-operat.....
» 1/07/2005 7:00:58 PM "Why does Governemnt welfare bother some people so much? Is it a moral issue or an ec.....
» 1/07/2005 5:45:48 AM QUOTE: just talk to the checkout chick at your local supermarket; the service station empl.....
» 1/07/2005 5:35:28 AM Ant said: "This is the coercise style of government we have come to expect when the C.....
» 1/07/2005 5:19:18 AM Micro Credit is an interesting innovation. However we still outlaw private currency in Aus.....
» 1/07/2005 5:02:20 AM The revaluation of the Australian dollar against the US dollar can not be considered in is.....
» 29/06/2005 8:30:36 PM Mollydukes, That is was my very point. We should be using absolute terms like starvation .....
» 29/06/2005 8:26:11 PM In the 1960s we:- 1. Regulated the price of money (currency) but had a market determined .....
» 28/06/2005 10:59:12 PM Would you have said:- ~Any discussion about starvation needs to take place in the context.....
» 25/06/2005 12:49:21 AM The analysis by Andrew Leigh is of course "STATIC ANALYSIS". It assumes no chang.....
» 25/06/2005 12:08:33 AM The following technology is worth a look:- http://www.enviromission.com.au/.....
» 25/06/2005 12:06:06 AM If I wanted to minimise poverty and I was forced to choose between:- a) St Vincent de Pau.....
» 22/06/2005 10:00:55 AM As Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1925 Churchill returned Britian to the Gold Standard. Th.....
» 22/06/2005 9:41:41 AM Having read Peter Saunders original article and the reply by the St Vincent de Paul Societ.....
» 22/06/2005 6:20:52 AM James Cumes writes "This must be seen in the context that, in the last 3 decades of t.....
» 5/05/2005 5:52:22 PM When Margaret Thatcher came to power the income tax on investment income (what was called .....
» 4/05/2005 11:38:25 PM The way to take politics out of monetary policy is to privatise money. However in Australi.....
» 2/05/2005 9:06:56 PM If one side of politics were to promise real tax cuts and the other side didn't then I thi.....
» 2/05/2005 5:29:48 AM Instead of thinking of credit as jewellery we should perhaps just for fun try think of gol.....
» 1/05/2005 7:41:01 AM There is way too much government and taxation. Maybe if the real world trend was towards s.....
» 27/04/2005 9:47:24 PM Prolific government and the welfare state in particluar is driving out the community value.....
» 27/04/2005 10:01:10 AM I earn above the average and I certainly pay the top tax rate. My EMTR is about 80% becaus.....
» 27/04/2005 5:06:16 AM Seeker, Your outline is exactly where we need to go. We need government out of our lives .....
» 25/04/2005 9:58:36 PM I am not an unhappy person in general. Its just that certain public policies make me unhap.....
» 25/04/2005 9:24:17 PM I know what makes "me" happy. I really wish that social policy makers would stop.....
» 22/04/2005 1:54:44 AM Enaj, Feel free to give away your wealth through acts of compassion any time now. Nobody .....
» 22/04/2005 1:50:05 AM One of the things that makes me unhappy is paying a high rate of tax. Second, the governm.....
» 21/04/2005 12:01:33 AM Lets put the minimum wage up to $80 per hour so we can all drink more booze after 5 o'cloc.....
» 20/04/2005 11:36:16 PM A great article. If we had to vote on a solution to this problem then my vote would be to.....
» 20/04/2005 11:16:43 PM The title of the article made me cringe. These gender debates always involve a lot of hot .....
» 17/04/2005 12:40:42 PM Brownie, It seems odd that the federal government has a policy of paying you anything. Yo.....
» 15/04/2005 12:28:59 AM Graeme makes loads of very good points. However while it should be easy it never is. All .....
» 12/04/2005 11:04:44 PM "The Process being more important than the out comes" could be rejected in favou.....
» 7/04/2005 1:21:26 AM Eva should not worry too much. Whilst there is a lot of free market rhetoric in our politi.....
» 6/04/2005 6:31:13 AM A tax cut would be a great way to stimulate supply in the broader economy and would be the.....
» 6/04/2005 6:14:43 AM I don't much care if Australia is low taxed relative to the OECD. It is still taxed too hi.....
» 24/03/2005 7:11:14 AM This latest interest rate increase seems to have been driven to a large extent by concerns.....
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