Our Nuclear Sovereign Wealth
Australia’s Future Fund last month dropped a raft of cluster bomb and landmine producers from…More
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Down To Rare Earths
Residents of the coastal town of Kuantan will travel today across the peninsula to Kuala…More
BHP To Mine Uranium With Renewables?
BHP Billiton has caught some flak from the green movement about its massive Olympic Dam…More
Uncle Sam Against The Wall
The period after World War II has been unusual in that a single nation, namely…More
Singapore's Sordid Accounts
Former Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) chairman Maurice Newman argued this week that Australia’s decision to…More
The Seven Myths Of The NBN
The debate on the National Broadband Network has developed considerably since I wrote about it…More
Why The Carbon Tax Won't Cost You $800
There’s an old joke about an economist, an engineer and a biologist stranded on a…More
Let's Not Blow The Boom
Wayne Swan last week announced that he had finalised details of the Mining Resource Rent…More
Call A Tax A Tax
Wayne Swan is still trying to convince us that the federal government’s proposed carbon tax…More
Let The FJ Holden Be A Lesson
The FJ Holden, produced from 1953 to 1956, cost £1023 — or around 17 months…More