Opinion Articles

George Orwell once said that political language was designed to “give an appearance of solidity to pure wind”.  Step forward exhibit A and the Labor Party’s […]

The emergence of Bitcoins and other forms of digital currency could revolutionise money markets. If competition is so good in markets for products, why shouldn’t

THIS year is the 80th anniversary of John ‘Black Jack’ McEwen’s election to Parliament. John McEwen is generally no longer thought of so much as

THE last time I was at an anti-mining protest, there was a sign saying, “We can’t eat coal”. I couldn’t argue against that: coal is fossilised

DEBT is the only mountain that is easier to climb up than trek down. The agricultural industry has climbed the mountain at speed in the

THE advocates of renewable energy would have you believe that they have discovered the economic equivalent of the fountain of youth. According to them, we