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Good riddance to the Baby Bonus
Good riddance tonight to a ridiculous piece of middle-class welfare. Tonight, Treasurer Wayne Swan, announced an end to the Baby Bonus. The original government handout of $3,000 was introduced in...
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Religion versus Sustainability
If you pay any attention to Australia’s Catholic Archbishop, George Pell, it seems that religion and sustainability are in irreconcilable conflict. Impact equation An easy way to think about the impact...
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Australia breeds the wrong kind of billionaires
Bill Gates was in Australia recently to argue that Australia should honour its commitment to increase foreign aid. Gates spoke at several events about the importance of philanthropy and encouraged...
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Politicians don’t like rail
Melbourne‘s controversial East-West link is an excellent example of how governments fundamentally misprioritise investment in transport for political means. They spend vast sums of public money...
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Petro-poverty – public transport as social justice
In my last post, I imagined a scenario where petrol prices in Australia could hit $2 per litre in the short term. It’s easy to consider economic data dispassionately, but there is a very real human...
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Killing for conservation
Originally posted at No Fibs. Shocking images, like the one above, are circulating again through social media. They are part of a grassroots campaign to draw attention to trophy hunting, the business...
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