by Evatt Foundation | Mar 8, 2009 | Issue 1, Journal, News, Volume 9
StatementThe Australian government is to be congratulated for its decision to take part in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) cannot be regarded as consistent with the government’s...
by Walden Belllow | Nov 11, 2008 | Issue 1, Journal, News, Volume 9
The Bush II years will be remembered as the years when in order to achieve unparalleled global strategic superiority, the US ended up with the opposite outcome: erosion of its global hegemony.The erosion of hegemony is clear in the Middle East, Latin America, and most...
by Harold Levin | Oct 8, 2008 | Issue 1, News, Volume 8
A large part of the current excess demand driving inflation is due to the banks and other financial institutions excessively expanding credit. Should the burden of fighting inflation so caused be primarily placed on households, renters, and governments undertaking...
by George Williams | Aug 8, 2008 | Issue 2, Journal, News, Volume 8
An appropriate use of public power?There is no place for the Building and Construction Commission in Australia, explains I have been asked to talk about the coercive and investigatory powers of the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) under the...
by Richard Flanagan | Feb 13, 2008 | Issue 1, Journal, News, Volume 8
Colonial Tasmania, re-imagined.At a moment when Australians seem once more prepared to voyage forward, there has arrived a book for these new times. In one of those moments of coincidence that a novelist is rarely allowed but life frequently offers, we have in the...
by Frank Stilwell | Sep 9, 2007 | Issue 3, Journal, News, Volume 7
The recent release of the report on ‘The State of the World’s Wealth’ by Merrill Lynch and Capgemini reveals the relentless rise in riches. There are now 9.5 million people worldwide who have over $1 million in financial assets. 160,600 are in...
