Articles, Health, Personal
Although I didn’t know what it was, my first recollection of having some type of condition which affected my ability to properly function in the morning was as a 12-year-old. This now makes perfect sense considering about 75% first manifest between early adolescence and age 25.
I would feel very ne... (02-Jul)
Articles, The Economy
From: The Australian
June 03, 2010 12:00AM
AFTER three years of governing, it is extraordinary that people still ask of Kevin Rudd: "What do you really stand for?" There is no sense that he has a plan to protect and expand the economy.
The Coalition is determined to offer a clear alternative. We ... (03-Jun)
Articles, Infrastructure, The Economy
The release of the Commonwealth Coordinator-General’s Progress Report on the Rudd Government’s Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan shows what we have known for some time, Labor can’t be trusted with other people’s money.
Labor may have mastered the press conference but when it comes to del... (01-Oct)
Articles, Emissions Trading Scheme
In its current form, the Federal Government’s emissions trading scheme will export jobs and emissions because of the massive tax on electricity which will make key regional industries uncompetitive. There is an alternative.
The Coalition and Nick Xenophon’s release yesterday of research commi... (11-Aug)
Articles, Environment, Emissions Trading Scheme
In this interview with Powering On, Andrew Robb MP reveals the low-cost opportunities the Government has overlooked in the proposed design of its CPRS. He discusses the importance of taking a global approach to reducing our carbon emissions and identifies Australia’s future carbon challenges.
1)... (22-Jul)
Articles, The Economy
The United States is up to its neck in private sector debt. Europe is up to its neck in private sector debt. The Western world is awash with private sector debt.
Living beyond our means with this unsustainable private sector debt got us into this financial crisis. I can't accept that unsustainabl... (18-Feb)
Articles, Emissions Trading Scheme
If you wish to make a contribution to the environment at a personal level by putting a solar panel on your roof or by installing a water tank, most of us would need to have a job and some money in the bank.
It is no different at a national level.To effectively meet the huge cost of tackling gree... (15-Dec)
Articles, Emissions Trading Scheme
The Garnaut report confirms the imprudence and great risk of the Rudd government's haste in pursuing a 2010 start date for any emissions trading scheme.
The report is saying Australia, by itself, can make no impact on global climate change; that climate change is a global problem requiring a glo... (01-Oct)
Articles, Foreign Affairs
Last Tuesday's vote of confidence in the Indian parliament supporting an international agreement on the use of uranium for clean energy production means that Kevin Rudd must correct the snub to India by reversing his earlier decision to abandon uranium sales for clean electricity generation.
The ... (28-Jul)
Articles, Foreign Affairs
For all the talk of Kevin Rudd’s foreign affairs experience, after six months in government all the talk in our region is about his obsession with China at the expense of all other important relationships in North, East and Southeast Asia, says Andrew Robb.
Outside of China, the main actions so ... (27-May)