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For two weeks before the Federal budget, the commentariat focused on the Reserve Bank’s misreading of the economic entrails arguing that it has…
(This article appeared in the Geelong Advertiser, 28 November 2011, p. 18 as' Red, white and blue in the top End.') A…
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Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 28 September 2011, p. 22 as 'Reconciling price, real vlaue is just trouble.' This column does not offer…
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Australian tank in the midst of a locust plague in 1974. Source: Australian Army Public Relations. (This article was published as , 'Biblical plague…
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Ben Buckley, John Brumby, Lucas Neil and James Merlino at the launch of another big game in Melbourne. Good governors of the game or dictators? The…
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Limits to growth (Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 15 June 2011 as 'Growth scare tactics.' Throughout history there have been times when…
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(Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 5 May 2011, p. 16.) If you were one of the lucky ones who chose to travel to the United Kingdom for the Royal…
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(Published in the Geelong Advertiser, 19 April 2011, p. 20 as 'Time to reassess the sanctity of surplus.' Except in an election year, the run-up to a…
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Published as 'China Syndrome', Geelong Advertiser, Saturday 20 September 2008, p. 33. I wonder about the implications of the financial and economic…
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Geelong Advertiser, Saturday 23 September 2006, p, 33. Public bodies and private corporations throughout Australia have been engaged in a massive…
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Geelong Advertiser, Saturday, 3 March 2007, p. 13 The Australian stockmarket took a dive earlier this week. A needed correction or the end of the…