March 18 Unhappy lefties tend to be too clever by half says Oliver Marc Hartwich in The Australian       March 18 Oliver Marc Hartwich talks about Europe's China blindness in the Business Spectator       March 17 Misguided government gets poor return for largesse says Stephen Kirchner in The Age       March 11 Tax reform should include cuts to marginal rates argues Robert Carling in The Australian       March 11 No more hope or glory for Britain says Oliver Marc Hartwich in the Business Spectator       March 10 Woo mums and big end of town says Jessica Brown in The Australian       March 10 Rudd seeks redemption from Susilo’s visit says John Lee in the New Straits Times (Malaysia), China Post (Taiwan) and the Korean Herald (South Korea)       March 9 Hard facts hit home on Indigenous jobs say Helen Hughes and Mark Hughes in the Newcastle Herald       March 9 Half a cheer for hospital reform say Wolfgang Kasper and Jeremy Sammut in the Australian Financial Review       March 9 Learning about Hayek the hard way says Oliver Marc Hartwich in The Australian       March 3 Public housing cannot remain the only option in Indigenous communities says Sara Hudson on ABC The Drum       March 3 China between T-bills and a hard place says John Lee in Australian Financial Review       March 1 American faith in the transformative power of China's economic rise might be misplaced says John Lee in Time magazine       March 1 Paper Tiger: China's No Threat to the U.S. says John Lee in Business Week       March 1 Benefits grow in monthly CPI data says Stephen Kirchner in The Canberra Times       Feb 26 New Zealand misses the reform boat says Luke Malpass in the Wall Street Journal       Feb 25 Europe can’t afford weak leaders says Oliver Marc Hartwich in the Business Spectator       Feb 22 Look to punks, not drunks, for good laws says Jeremy Sammut in the Sydney Morning Herald       Feb 22 Poorly targeted aid to the pacific actually hinders rather than helps the region argues Helen Hughes in The Australian       Feb 19 Robert Carling talks about Mr Swan’s preoccupation with superannuation in Online Opinion       Feb 19 Why are foreign investment criteria a secret? asks Stephen Kirchner in TheAustralian       Feb 18 America’s attempts to ‘manage’ China’s rise are failing says John Lee in the Washington Times       Feb 17 The potential Greek bankruptcy is only the beginning of Europe’s inevitable decline says Oliver Hartwich in The Business Spectator       Feb 17 The Disability Support Pension (DSP) has become a one–way ticket says Jessica Brown in The Drum ABC       Feb 14 The high price of subsidies Luke Malpass in the Sunday Star Times       Feb 13 Hospital overhaul is our only hope says Jeremy Sammut in The Australian       Feb 10 The euro is a failed experiment that should be cashed in Oliver Marc Hartwich in The Australian       Feb 4 Big trouble with big China says John Lee in Foreign Policy       Feb 4 Rights charter would empower only lobbyists says Elise Parham in The Australian       Feb 2 Ripped off and overcharged? Not necessarily says Oliver Marc Hartwich in The Courier Mail       Feb 2 Why China won’t be a ‘responsible stakeholder’ John Lee in The Wall Street Journal       Feb 2 Charter of Rights No Protection for the Vulnerable says Elise Parham in Open Forum       Feb 2 Whizz-bang medicine no cure for health challenges says Jeremy Sammut in The Drum ABC       Feb 1 What’s fair about defining disadvantage? says Andrew Norton in Campus Review       January 29 China's New Silk Road geo-strategy in Asia says John Lee in Opinion Asia       January 27 Nanny state can’t save us from ourselves says Jessica Brown in The Sydney Morning Herald       January 22 Holes in new path to reform child care says Jessica Brown in Canberra Times           January 22 Imbalances essential to global economic system says Stephen Kirchner in The Australian           January 20 Economic policy must re-earn our respect says Stephen Kirchner in the Business Spectator           January 20 Funding policy revamp a question of balance says Andrew Norton in The Australian           January 19 Income management is a bold attempt to reduce welfare dependence says Jessica Brown in The Australian           January 16 Why Rudd has overstayed his welcome in Asia asks John Lee in The Spectator           January 13 Every vice is really a blessing in disguise says Oliver Marc Hartwich in the Sydney Morning Herald           January 6 The future is already here for the Asia-Pacific writes John Lee in The Diplomat           January 3 The next generation of Chinese leaders will be more unpredictable writes John Lee in the Turkish Weekly, The Himalayan, and El Tiempo(Columbia)           January 2 Competitive disadvantage is hardly the healthiest option writes Sara Hudson in The Australian           December 30 Research is the key to balancing pay equity with jobs growth argues Ian Harper in the Sydney Morning Herald           December 29 China’s intransigence is a sign of its insecurity writes John Lee in The Australian           December 29 Neglect the champers, not the children in 2010 argues Jeremy Sammut in the Sydney Morning Herald           December 28 John Lee writes about the rebirth of Charter 08 in the Wall Street Journal           December 26 The seasonal satisfaction index writes Stephen Kirchner in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald           December 24 We aren't just larrikins says Oliver Hartwich in The Australian           December 23 China fears climate change openness writes John Lee in The Guardian           December 23 Super clinics won’t ease emergency overload says Jeremy Sammut in The Australian           December 23 Activists should stop talking about global warming and start acting writes John Humphreys in the Sydney Morning Herald           December 22 Don’t overlook India’s consumer market for China’s says John Lee in BusinessWeek           December 21 Abandoning inflation control in New Zealand is a recipe for disaster writes Stephen Kirchner in the Dominion Post           December 21 Battle for ownership of broad non-Labour church says Andrew Norton in The Australian           December 19 No relief for rural poor says John Lee in the South China Morning Post           December 16 Big government spending leads to poor results argues Stephen Kirchner in The Australian           December 15 The Australian Education Union is waging a war against the publication of school league tables says Jennifer Buckingham in The Australian           December 13 Hostility to aspiration and the tall poppy syndrome hold New Zealand back argues Luke Malpass in the Sunday Star Times           December What makes great cities? asks Oliver March Hartwich in Binge Thinking (Sydney)           December 10 Wasting money damages Aboriginal health says Sara Hudson in The Australian           December 4 Spare a thought for savers and tenants says Oliver Hartwich in The Australian           November 26 We need hospital beds, not super clinics says Jeremy Sammut in The Australian           November 25 For once it’s better to end with a whimper says John Lee in the Straits Times           November 25 Let internet replace journals says Oliver Hartwich in The Australian     November 24 Boring summits are better for everyone says John Lee in Foreign Policy           November 23 Capital gains tax won’t make housing more affordable says Stephen Kirchner in Online Opinion           November 23 The falling U.S. dollar is sparking a dangerous debate about the New Zealand central bank's role says Stephen Kirchner in the Wall Street Journal           November 20 Crash the glass floor says Jessica Brown in The Australian           November 18 Some kids really need to be rescued says Jeremy Sammut in The Australian           November 18 Doomsayer does his dough says Stephen Kirchner in The Australian           November 17 End of trend is nigh for central bank sales of gold says Stephen Kirchner in The Age           November 14 Smartest Kiwis nest in our warmer climate says Luke Malpass in theNewcastle Herald           November 12 A sense of despair at Indigenous housing policy says Sara Hudson in Online Opinion           November 12 More houses, not taxes says Stephen Kirchner in The Australian           November 11 John Lee talks about Pacific Angst in Foreign Policy           November 9 John Lee writes about China’s Africa gambit in Time magazine           November 8 Protect us from protectionism: keep the doors open say Greg Lindsay and Roger Bate in the Sunday Age           November 6 Rudd fails to court New Delhi says John Lee in The Australian         November 5 US dollar down but not out as kingpin of global finance says Stephen Kirchner in The Australian         November 4 India is fast becoming Asia’s swing state says John Lee in the Korea Herald.         November 3 China's potential enemy is US' good friend says John Lee in the New Straits Times         November 3 Hale and hearty, say their parents says Sara Hudson in The Australian           October 29 Return to Flyer times with business class says Jennifer Buckingham in the Newcastle Herald           October 29 It’s time to bring back a bit of class to train travel says Oliver Hartwich in the Sydney Morning Herald           October 28 Forget our economic strength, we have problems not so healthy say Greg Lindsay and Roger Bate in the Geelong Advertiser           October 27 The US deficit canary has rattled the cage in warning of dire eventualities says Robert Carling in The Age           October 22 It’s time for a new Medicare says John Humphreys in Online Opinion           October 21 Australian libertarians revealed says John Humpreys in Open Forum           October 21 Life’s joys get a little lost down holes of health-cost analyses says Eric Crampton in the Canberra Times           October 16 ‘Healthist’ doomsayers are spoiling all our fun says Eric Crampton in the New Zealand Herald           October 16 Authorities must not wag school say Helen Hughes and Mark Hughes in The Australian           October 15 Motivate those on hand-outs says Jessica Brown in The Australian           October 14 Forecasters sell Australia short says Stephen Kirchner in the Australian Financial Review           October 8 It’s back to better hospitals says Dr John Graham in The Australian           October 8 We’re wasting billions on tax churn says John Humphreys in Business Spectator           October 7 Create a welfare system we can afford says John Humphreys in the Adelaide Advertiser           October 2 Beijing birthday spin distorts reality says John Lee in The Australian           October 2 Principal is the means of elevation says Jennifer Buckingham in The Australian           October 1 China’s statistical setback writes John Lee in Forbes           September 30 Canberra’s investment confusion is sending the wrong message to China says Stephen Kirchner in the Wall Street Journal           September 29 Ferguson shown the door by media and the mob says Jeremy Sammut in the Newcastle Herald           September 29 For Merkel, it’s now or never to get serious says Oliver Hartwich in The Australian           September 28 The party’s not over at China’s 60th birthday says John Lee in Foreign Policy         September 26 Europe-Australia relations are a dynamic of difference says Oliver Hartwich in the Canberra Times       September 19 Federal government gets hospitals casemix wrong says Jeremy Sammut in the Weekend Australian       September 18 Time to end silence on child abuse says Jeremy Sammut in Online Opinion       September 18 Love and marriage rarely a case of happy ever after says Barry Maley in The Australian       September 16 There is a birth rate bubble says Barry Maley on ABC Unleashed       September 16 The training merry-go-round may be worse than nothing at all says Jessica Brown in The Advertiser       September 15 Hewson manifesto was ahead of its time argues Stephen Kirchner in The Australian       September 11 No light at end of tunnel for KiwiRail says Luke Malpass in the National Business Review       September 10 The many crises of Nouriel Roubini are discussed by Stephen Kirchner and Oliver Hartwich in the Age Business     September 10 Much at stake in rare metals bid says John Lee in the Australian Financial Review     September 10 KiwiRail mired in Labour ideology says Luke Malpass in the Dominion Post     September 1 Results are in and jobs come first writes Jessica Brown in The Australian     August 26 Beijing must work to rebuild its reputation says John Lee in the Newcastle Herald       August 22 Why America will lead ‘Asian century’ explains John Lee in the Korea Herald       August 19 The region does not need the PM’s architecture says John Lee in The Australian       August 18 Informed choice leads to better schooling outcomes writes Jennifer Buckingham in the Adelaide Advertiser       August 16 US is still a leading influence in the balance of power in Asia writes John Lee in the Straits Times, Today’s Zaman, the Brunei Times, Burma Digest, El Tiempo, Daily News Egypt, Oriental Morning Post, and the South China Morning Post       August 12 The time is right to consider radical ideas in education reform writes Jennifer Buckingham in the Courier Mail     August 10 Beware political 'stranger danger' in our classrooms writes Austin Williams in The Australian     August 7 Ideologues? If only we had more of them says Oliver Hartwich in the Sydney Morning Herald       August 6 Misanthropic environmentalists stop Indigenous economic development writes Sara Hudson in The Australian     August 5 Treasurer's liberalisation measures should go deeper writes Stephen Kirchner in the Canberra Times       August 4 Taxing the poor to pay for teeth by John Humphreys at Open Forum       August 3 Government is playing petty politics on foreign donations writes Andrew Norton in the Canberra Times       August 1 Why the ‘China functionalists’ might win the battle but lose the war by John Lee in the Australian Financial Review       July 31 New donation laws are bad news for NGOs says Andrew Norton in Crikey       July 31 Disclosure of donations to political non-government organisations endangers democracy warns Andrew Norton in The Australian       July 31 New Zealand tries harder for foreign cash writes Stephen Kirchner in The Age       July 29 Bleed bureaucracy to restore hospital health writes Jeremy Sammut in the Newcastle Herald       July 28 Nuclear risk powers fear rather than debate writes Oliver Hartwich in The Herald Sun       July 28 Super clinics are no alternative for hospital beds says Jeremy Sammut at ABC News Online       July 28 Beds not bureaucrats can ease health crisis writes Jeremy Sammut in The Australian       July 27 Advertising is only stimulating government jobs writes Robert Carling at ABC Unleased       July 24 RBA shuns media scrutiny, diminishes economic debate says Stephen Kirchner in the Australian Financial Review       July 23 Stimulus spending does not make it Christmas in July writes John Humphreys at Online Opinion       July 22 Getting Asia's approval for an Indo-US partnership by John Lee at Opinion Asia       July 18 China is not ready to lead the world says John Lee in the Sydney Morning Herald       July 17 Virtual worlds have lessons for the world we live in argues Callum Jonesin the Canberra Times       July 15 Force politicians to be fiscally responsible say Stephen Kirchner and Robert Carling in The Australian       July 14 Want a centre-right government in New Zealand? Move to Australia says Luke Malpass in The Press (NZ)       July 8 Lumping together Australia’s Indigenous people produces worthless figures say Helen Hughes and Mark Hughes in The Spectator (Australia)       July 7 Abolish the G8 says Oliver Marc Hartwich in the Canberra Times       July 7 Statistics on Indigenous disadvantage obscure the truth writes Sara Hudson in The Australian       July 6 Xinjiang is China’s latest Tibet argues John Lee in Foreign Policy (USA)       July 4 Better laws on land reform will only increase rural unrest in China if enforcement remains non-existent says John Lee in The Guardian (UK)       July 3 Better protection is needed for vulnerable children says Jeremy Sammut in the Newcastle Herald       July 2 Standard and Poor’s has given NSW the benefit of some major doubts argues Robert Carling in the Australian Financial Review       July 2 Fund kids not schools argues Jennifer Buckingham in The Australian       July 2 The rural poor in India fare better than in China says John Lee in the Wall Street Journal Asia       July 1 It’s time for China to learn from India says John Lee in the Hindustan Times       June 30 Charter would stifle economic freedom writes Ben Jellis in The Australian       June 29 Workers on low incomes are losing out says John Humphreys in the Canberra Times       June 29 Global financial crisis makes it more difficult for China to pursue political reform says John Lee in the Asia Times       June 29 China’s progress looks nothing like Singapore’s argues John Lee in the Straits Times (Singapore)       June 29 School reporting policy is in a league of its own writes Jennifer Buckingham in the Sydney Morning Herald       June 29 Remove endangered children from their abusive parents argues Jeremy Sammut in The Australian       June 23 ‘Building the Education Revolution’ – good for jobs, bad for schools writes Jennifer Buckingham in The Australian       June 23 Looks can be deceiving for China’s economy writes John Lee in the Korea Herald and the New Straits Times       June 20 Don’t vilify the banks says Stephen Kirchner at Business Spectator       June 20 There’s no real reform for health and hospitals on the horizon says Jeremy Sammut in The Australian       June 20 Short-term fixes are a fiscal fallacy writes Stephen Kirchner in The Australian       June 18 Cut the red tape and let Territorian Aborigines make some money argues Sara Hudson in The Australian       June 17 LITO to is a good place to start tax reform to keep people employed writes Jessica Brown in The Age       June 15 There's no place for cotton wool in comedy writes Oliver Marc Hartwich in the Courier Mail       June 13 Who are Indigenous Australians? ask Helen Hughes and Mark Hughes at NZCPR       June 12 It’s time to reform welfare incentives writes Luke Malpass for NZCPR       June 11 Welfare quarantining in NT is a social policy revolution writes Jeremy Sammut in The Australian       June 10 It’s hard to buck a world trend says Stephen Kirchner at Business Spectator       June 10 EU is a parliament without a people says Oliver Hartwich at Online Opinion       June 4 Criminalising cartels is unproductive writes Jason Soon at ABC Unleashed       June 4 Put Australia’s recession in perspective says John Humphreys at Open Forum       June 4 20 years on from Tiananmen, political reform no closer says John Lee at ABC News Online Opinion       June 3 China needs institutions, not democracy writes John Lee in The Australian       May 31 PM Rudd still needing strategy lessons from Asian allies says John Lee at Opinion Asia       May 29 Political reform has stalled with China’s content consumer class writes John Lee at Real Clear World       May 29 Thousands of Australians will join the dole queue in the coming years says Jessica Brown in the Courier Mail       May 28 The rise of neo-socialism by John Humphreys in the Canberra Times       May 27 Indigenous university students are quietly making the grade writes Joe Lane in The Australian       May 26 Big government not so smart says Oliver Hartwich at Online Opinion       May 26 Kiwi Crunch Time: Thursday's budget is the first real test of the National-led government  writes Luke Malpass in the Wall Street Journal Asia       May 25 Tax reform in an era of red ink by Robert Carling in the Australian Financial Review       May 22 Crowding-out effect gets lost in the crowd says Stephen Kirchner in the Age Business       May 21 Neoliberalism is one of the most sloppily used words in today’s political debates says Oliver Hartwich in The Australian       May 20 Universities need more than the Commonwealth can afford to pay them writes Andrew Norton in The Australian       May 19 No radical departure in our mixed health system writes Jeremy Sammut in the Canberra Times       May 18 India gets into the swing of things says John Lee in the Sydney Morning Herald       May 16 Independent is the wrong word for Treasury writes Robert Carling in The Australian       May 15 'Smoke or Else' edict indicates deeper problem in China writes John Lee in World Politics Review       May 15 Urgent action is needed to boost Indigenous education results write Helen Hughes and Mark Hughes in the Canberra Times       May 14 More work, not more welfare, is what's needed to get kids out of poverty writes Jessica Brown in the Sydney Morning Herald       May 14 Hey, big spender, stop stimulating says Stephen Kirchner in The Australian       May 11 The economy will recover from recession despite the government not because of it says John Humphreys at Business Spectator       May 8 Is more money for Alice Springs town camps the answer? asks Sara Hudson in the Centralian Advocate       May 8 The government’s tough love Jobs Compact is a step in the right direction says Jessica Brown in the Newcastle Herald       May 7 Australia is in a bind about China writes John Lee in The Korea Herald       May 6 Australia is in a bind trying to decipher China's intentions says John Lee in The China Post       May 6 Good policies can prevent more families falling into unemployment during the recession writes Jessica Brown at Open Forum       May 5 The economic downturn has taken the heat out of paid maternity leave writes Jessica Brown at ABC News Online       May 2 Now it’s China’s turn to learn from India writes John Lee at Opinion Asia       May 2 An email debate on the budget, stimulus packages, and what the Treasurer should drink on budget night between Oliver Hartwich and David Hetherington in The Australian       April 29 The ‘authoritarian capitalists’ face even bigger challenges than the West during the GFC writes John Lee in The Diplomat       April 23 You've earned a celebration – it's tax freedom day writes Oliver Marc Hartwich in the Courier Mail       April 23 But the government’s hand is there, too writes Oliver Marc Hartwich in the Newcastle Herald       April 22 When leftists are ratchet-jawed purveyors of monkey-doodle by PJ O’Rourke in the Canberra Times       April 22 So what are our national leaders up to? asks PJ O’Rourke in Crikey       April 21 Cure to the global economic crisis is worse than the disease writes PJ O’Rourke in The Australian       April 21 Non-government schools are denied the level of public funding available to public schools writes Jennifer Buckingham in The Australian       April 16 Alcopops – One more for the road by Jeremy Sammut at ABC Unleased       April 13 NZ should stay put on UN Indigenous declaration write Sara Hudson and Luke Malpass for the New Zealand Centre for Political Research       April 11 Making remote schools work will take commitment say Helen Hughes and Mark Hughes in The Australian       April 9 Government is waging a war on charity writes John Humphreys at Open Forum       April 9 Don’t let the lynch mob loose on executive pay and private investment writes Robert Carling in The Australian       April 7 Bureaucrats will do an even worse job of setting executive pay than banks says Jamie Whyte in The Australian       April 7 The Budget needs discipline and fiscal sustainability to put ensure the economy recovers writes Robert Carling in the Australian Financial Review       April 4 China’s much lauded ‘charm offensive’ is hitting a wall writes John Lee in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Canberra Times       April 2 The recession will be a good time to reform welfare writes Luke Malpass in the Dominion Post       April 1 It’s Canberra that we should be worried about, not Beijing writes Stephen Kirchner at Business Spectator       March 29 Indigenous people in NT deserve fair go at private homeownership writes Sara Hudson in the Sunday Territorian       March 28 Should Keynes have a seat at the G20 table asks Stephen Kirchner in the Australian Financial Review       March 19 Don’t blame Greenspan’s monetary policy says Stephen Kirchner in The Age       March 17 Anna Bligh’s ‘Green Army’ won’t help the unemployed find jobs says Jessica Brown at Online Opinion       March 17 Taxpayers pay billions for government’s car trip says Oliver Hartwich at ABC News Online       March 17 General Motors' troubles will cost Australian taxpayers big money writes Oliver Hartwich in The Australian       March 14 Re-educating moral monsters to play by the rules is academic fantasy writes Jeremy Sammut in The Australian       March 11 Aborigines are shut out on the homefront says Sara Hudson in The Australian       March 11 From rhetoric to reality on Indigenous housing by Sara Hudson at ABC News Online     March 10 Stop this highway robbery and stand up to Detroit writes Oliver Hartwich in the Herald Sun   March 5 In Pakistan, the sores of partition are still raw writes Tanveer Ahmed in the Sydney Morning Herald   March 5 Cutting tax and welfare is the Super way to save on pensions writes Jeremy Sammut in The Australian   March 4 Australia should welcome Chinese capital says Stephen Kirchner in The Australian   March 4 FuelWatch: A tale of interventions by Jason Soon at ABC News Online   March 2 India should have been on Clinton’s Asia itinerary writes John Lee in the South China Morning Post   February 26 Hilary Clinton’s India snub could be a mistake writes John Lee at Opinion Asia February 25 There are tensions and cross purposes in the Bennett Report writes Jeremy Sammut at Online Opinion   February 25 In a civil society, it should always pay to be generous says John Humphreys in The Canberra Times   February 24 Dental levy would bite all taxpayers writes Robert Carling in The Australian   February 23 Policymakers are going back to the future and indulging in 1970s economic nostalgia writes Oliver Hartwich in Business Spectator February 19 Are we all Keynesians again? Asks Robert Carling in The Age February 21 Australian are living off the public teat more today than ever before says Peter Saunders in The Sydney Morning Herald   February 19 Are we all Keynesians again? Asks Robert Carling in The Age   February 18 It’s time to have a debate about climate change policy says John Humphreys in The Australian   February 16 The Bennett Report is policy looking for an evidence-base writes Jeremy Sammut in Crikey   February 16 Rushing to spend like Britain could leave us out in the cold says Oliver Hartwich in The Canberra Times   February 14 Secretary Clinton needs to bring America’s allies with her and not move ahead of them writes John Lee in The Straits Times   February 11 There is no point in the Bradley Review’s voucher scheme without deregulation writes Andrew Norton in The Australian   February 5 Stimulus is a waste of taxpayer’s dollars writes Robert Carling in the Newcastle Herald   February 4 Stimulus plan delivers little bang for very big bucks says Stephen Kirchner in The Australian   February 3 Baby boomers’ future looks bleak writes Jeremy Sammut at Online Opinion   February 2 An attractive America could be dangerous to China writes John Lee in the International Herald Tribune   January 31 The best way to help a warming planet is to tax carbon and let the market decide writes John Humphreys in The Age   January 30 The tax cut that wasn’t by John Humphreys at Business Spectator   January 29 Raising the school leaving age to 17 is wishful thinking writes Jeremy Sammut in Crikey   January 29 A recession is a bad time to remove mutual obligations from welfare payments writes Jessica Brown in The Australian   January 29 Time to use a chainsaw on a critically ill patient says Wolfgang Kasper in the Sydney Morning Herald   January 28 Over-governed China is the worst governed by John Lee in The New Straits Times   January 28 A touch of sporting optimism could get us through the financial crisis by Oliver Hartwich in The Courier Mail   January 28 The ‘Rudd Bank’ puts taxpayers last in the rush to help favoured industries by Stephen Kirchner in the Australian Financial Review   January 28 Paranoia-inducing advice about parenting is enough to make any potential mum reconsider by Jessica Brown in The Herald Sun   January 27 Ominous Year of the Ox – Why the herd got China so wrong by John Lee in The Australian   January 26 The government cannot fix our economic problems and it shouldn’t be trying writes John Humphreys in The Canberra Times   January 26 The Year of the Ox will being little prosperity for the Chinese people says John Lee in The Times   January 22 More power to the people says Oliver Hartwich in The Australian   January 20 Obama’s social networking campaign may become a double-edged sword writes John Lee at Online Opinion   January 13 Keynes was wrong about the evils of thrift says Stephen Kirchner in the Australian Financial Review   January 7 The Bradley report is hardly a ringing call for transformation says Andrew Norton in The Australian   January 6 Government's compulsory internet censorship regime is a Big Brother blunder says Mark Newton in The Adelaide Advertiser   December 30 Defining greed is an indulgence of its own says Oliver Hartwich in The Sydney Morning Herald   December 26 The end of the world as we know it is not the end of capitalism says Oliver Hartwich in The Australian   December 22 There is more to quality child care than UNICEF’s arbitrary standards writes Jessica Brown in The Courier Mail   December 18 Welfare killed saving and self reliance writes Jeremy Sammut in The Australian   December 15 The first prescription is to open the closed pharmacies says David Gadiel in The Canberra Times   December 14 NT children are not sitting national literacy and numeracy tests write Helen Hughes and Mark Hughes in the Sunday Territorian   December 13 Australia is not the only country that needs to reform an out of control welfare state writes Peter Saunders in The Australian   December 11 Santa Rudd is coming to town says Oliver Hartwich in Government News   December 11 Income tax moves in the UK and US are setting off alarm bells says Robert Carling in the Australian Financial Review   December 10 Flinging wads of cash about won't work says Stephen Kirchner in The Age   December 8 How China bought its graduates’ loyalty by John Lee at the Guardian online   December 5 There’s no such thing as a free bus service says Oliver Hartwich in The Sydney Morning Herald   November 28 Fudging the figures will not reduce the life expectancy gap for indigenous Australians says Helen Hughes in The Australian   November 28 Australia can learn from Joel Klein’s schooling system in New York says Jennifer Buckignham in The Australian   November 27 Foreign investment flows are damned by political bias says Stephen Kirchner in The Australian Financial Review   November 27 Is the new National-led government up to the task of remaking New Zealand? Asks Luke Malpass in The Wall Street Journal Asia   November 26 Vulnerable children are at the mercy of the bureaucracy says Toby O'Brien in The Australian   November 24 Recession and Reform in the wind for health care writes Jeremy Sammut in The Canberra Times   November 19 Students in low performing schools have the most to gain from school reporting writes Jennifer Buckingham in The Sydney Morning Herald   November 19 Obama must look to the Pacific before the Atlantic says John Lee at Opinion Asia   November 15 Beijing’s stimulus may not help its struggling consumption donkey says John Lee at The International Business Times   November 19 Land Supply is at the heart of our home-front problems says Oliver Hartwich in The Age   November 18 Proposed parental leave policy is back-to-front argues Jessica Brown at ABC News Online   October Who's paying for babies? asks Jessica Brown in Government News   November 18 Tax reform should take priority over paid parental leave says Jessica Brown in The Australian   November 15 This is not the end of capitalism by Oliver Hartwich in The Sydney Morning Herald   November 13 Why China wants to send a man to the moon by John Lee in The International Herald Tribune   November 13 Land reforms fall short for China farmers says John Lee in The Hong Kong Standard   November 13 Should Australia moderate between the US and China? asks John Lee in The Canberra Times   November 12 Kate Ellis has switched the red-tape machine back on for  higher education policy says Andrew Norton in The Australian   November 12 Senate does away with the right to remain single writes Jessica Brown in Crikey   November 12 History shows that targeting asset bubbles caused the Great Depression writes Stephen Kirchner at The Australian   November 11 The ABC of child care policy failure by Gaurav Sodhi and Jeremy Sammut is online at Business Spectator   November 11 Parent contributions may be the answer to the state’s student transport issue writes Jennifer Buckingham in the Newcastle Herald   November 10 Car subsidies blows good money out the exhaust writes Stephen Kirchner in the Sydney Morning Herald   November 10 NSW needs more bang for the bucks it spends writes Robert Carling in the Australian Financial review   November 7 Early intervention is the key to helping WA’s troubled youth writes Toby O’Brien in the West Australian   November 6 The brightest are missing out in an education system preoccupied with equality writes Jennifer Buckingham in The Australian   November 3 McCain would be a closer friend of Indonesia than Obama saya John Lee in The Jakarta Post   October 31 Agnostics need to have faith in the private hospital sector writes Jeremy Sammut in Crikey   October 29 Discouraging adoption in favour of foster care is harming children writes Toby O'Brien at Crikey   October 29 Beware politicians claiming superior virtue writes Stephen Kirchner in The Australian   October 28 The nanny state is no substitute for parental responsibility writes Jeremy Sammut at Online Opinion   October 25 Land reforms in China could make it even worse for peasants says John Lee in The Straits Times   October 22 Is the government bailing out or crowding out asks Stephen Kirchner at Henry Thornton   October 19 The NT government admits policy failure on outstations writes Sara Hudson in the Sunday Territorian   October 15 Rudd’s political handout culture will be mugged by the economic reality writes Jeremy Sammut and Gaurav Sodhi in the Australian Financial Review   October 15 Fiscal stimulus plan has missed opportunities for long term reform says Stephen Kirchner in the The Wall Street Journal   October 11 Leadership can make all the difference in a CDEP organisation says Sara Hudson in the Sydney Morning Herald   October 8 Welfare stretcher at bottom of cliff writes Sara Hudson in The Australian   October 7 State government gravy train is on the wrong track writes Gaurav Sodhi in the Sydney Morning Herald   October 6 Supply and demand formula for universities is failing says Andrew Norton in The Age   October 4 The aged care industry is desperate for more of accommodation bonds writes Jeremy Sammut in the Australian Financial Review   September 30 The battle for paid maternity leave is raging writes Jessica Brown in The Herald Sun   September 30 Paid maternity leave will not fix problem parents writes Jessica Brown and Toby O’Brien in The Australian   September 30 $4billion government subsidy will not promote competition says Stephen Kirchner in The Age   September 25 Tainted milk is part of a bigger problem for Chinese civil society says John Lee in The Australian   September 23 Money for nothin’ and paid parental leave for free says Jessica Brown in Crikey   September 23 Short selling has been sold short says Stephen Kirchner in the Australian Financial Review   September 22 There’s nothing random about randomised trials writes Ross Farrelly in The Canberra Times   September 18 We need a fair compromise for paid maternity leave says Jessica Brown at ABC News Online   September 18 Welfare is killing Kiwis softly write Luke Malpass and Jeremy Sammut in The Dominion Post   September 17 Separatist schooling is now a proven failure in NT, write Helen and Mark Hughes in The Australian   September 14 Guest workers and disincentives for NT’s Indigenous unemployed writes Helen Hughes in the Sunday Territorian   September 11 The Pacific has two different faces, writes Gaurav Sodhi in The Fiji Times   September 8 Obesity scare campaigns are a growing problem for taxpayers writes Jeremy Sammut in The Canberra Times   September 8 An ‘AussieMac’ won’t help home buyers says Stephen Kirchner in the Australian Financial Review   September 8 The gap is worse for remote Indigenous people writes Helen Hughes in The Australian   August 27 Judge think tanks by policy outcomes, not partisan labels, says Jeremy Sammut in The Australian   August 23 Hayek showed us why top-down planning doesn’t work well writes Geoff Hogbin in The Weekend Australian   August 21 We must separate family services from child protection says Toby O’Brien in The Australian   August 21 Feminism is about choice writes Jessica Brown in the Sydney Morning Herald   August 21 Cool reception for a polarising policy in the Bipolar Pacific writes Helen Hughes and Gaurav Sodhi in The Canberra Times   August 21 The Pacific is a crime bomb and needs economic reform says Gaurav Sodhi in The Australian   August 21 Government should be stepping away from CDEP writes Sara Hudson in Government News   August 19 Australia should go for tax policy gold says Robert Carling in the Australian Financial Review   August 19 Doing away with pretend jobs will help Indigenous South Australians writes Sara Hudson in the Adelaide Advertiser   August 18 Are fruit picking jobs for local aborigines or guest workers from the Pacific? Asks Helen Hughes in The Courier Mail   August 16 The Bracks’ review shows the barren truth of protectionism writes Stephen Kirchner in Business Spectator   August 16 Some re-education from Blighty writes Peter Saunders in The Weekend Australian   August 13 The case for corporate tax reform by Sinclair Davidson at Online Opinion   August 14 Employment is the key to curbing indigenous mens’ violence says Sara Hudson in the Alice Springs News   August 15 Don’t increase the burden on Generations X and Y, leave the pension rate alone says Jeremy Sammut in The Australian   August 14 The PM has unwittingly illustrated Hayek’s views on the fallibility of politicians says Oliver Hartwich in The Australian   August 12 Reserve did not go far or fast enough, inflation is still on the cards writes Dr Stephen Kirchner in The Age   August 12 School reporting will be the first test of Labor’s ‘modern federalism’ says Jennifer Buckingham in The Canberra Times   August 7 Corporate tax needs attention now writes Sinclair Davidson in the Australian Financial Review   August 4 Defend the individual and so the West, writes Ayaan Hirsi Ali in the Sydney Morning Herald   July 26 It’s back to work in Brown’s Britain, says Peter Saunders in the Weekend Australian   July 26 The Child Care funding myth written by Jennifer Buckingham at Business Spectator   July 26 Governments are failing East Arnhem Land writes Helen Hughes and Mark Hughes in the Weekend Australian   July 24 Closing the ‘gender gap’ may undermine women says Jessica Brown in Crikey   July 24 Happy anniversary RAMSI says Gaurav Sodhi at ABC News Online   July 24 Cut costs to boost our fertility rates says Barry Maley in The Canberra Times   July 20 CDEP is no substitute for local government services writes Sara Hudson in The Sunday Territorian   July 23 Subsidies increase child care prices, not mothers participation in work says Jennifer Buckingham in The Australian   July 17 Spin won’t make “high care” aged care sector sustainable writes Jeremy Sammut at Online Opinion   July 21 Religion is a threat to authority, not liberty writes Robert Sirico in The Australian   July 17 Let people be free to choose independence from the state says John Humphreys in the Australian FInancial Review   June 2008 Reassessing China’s future beyond the Beijing Olympics by John Lee in AIIA Policy Commentary   July 16 EU shows disdain for voters writes Peter Saunders in The Australian   July 9 CDEP payments are a disincentive to work, argues Sara Hudson in The Australian   June 26 In an ageing Australia, the creakiest knees, not the squeakiest wheels, will get the grease says Jeremy Sammut in The Canberra Times   June 25 Will Super Clinics increase the pressure on public hospitals? Asks Jeremy Sammut at ABC Online   June 20 Kevin Rudd’s ‘security community’ will annoy Asia says John Lee in the National Business Review   June 19 Teachers need help with job appointments says Jennifer Buckingham in The Newcastle Herald   June 19 There’s no such thing as a free parking space writes Christian Seibert in The Australian   June 18 The rise of China’s new army writes John Lee in China Brief   June 18 Cut wages and create jobs writes Peter Saunders in The Geelong Advertiser   June 18 Rudd is out of whack with Asia writes John Lee in The Straits Times   June 12 Working for Welfare by Peter Saunders at ABC News Online   June 12 Rudd’s blunder to dismantle Work for the Dole says Peter Saunders in The Australian   June 11 Uni’s protectionist ploy a blast from the past writes Andrew Norton in The Australian, Higher Education   June 9 China’s universities and students are now complicit with the CCP writes John Lee in Campus Review   May 31 Democracy only for the few in China writes John Lee in Business Spectator   June 1 The Chinese Communist Party is cleverly buying off the middle classes says John Lee at The Guardian Online   May 31 China’s ‘me generation’ prefer Dolce & Gabbana to democracy writes John Lee in the Weekend Australian   May 30 China’s donkey consumption is dragging its hooves writes John Lee in The Age   May 29 Pricey petrol does a world of good says Gaurav Sodhi in the Sydney Morning Herald   May 29 Teachers: Scale their pay to meet demand writes Jennifer Buckingham in The Australian   May 28 No brides for China’s 30 million bachelors writes John Lee in The Courier Mail   May 28 Democracy’s slowboat to China getting slower says John Lee in The Canberra Times   May 21 Not all mums need handouts says Jessica Brown in The Australian   May 20 The budget is not what it seems writes Robert Carling in The Age   May 15 Means testing doesn’t solve the problems with welfare policy writes Peter Saunders in the Australian Financial Review   May 15 A boring budget isn’t always bad when it comes to other people’s money writes Jennifer Buckingham in Crikey   May 15 Family tax benefits are still a mass of contradictions says Jessica Brown in Crikey   May 15 Swan says budget surplus is not his, so give it back to the taxpayer writes Peter Saunders in Crikey   May 08 The brave new conformity Peter Saunders in Quadrant magazine   9 May Preventive health is a drain on taxpayers writes Jeremy Sammut in the Newcastle Herald   9 May Proof of the pudding: health campaigns don't work says Jeremy Sammut at ABC News Online   8 May Rudd’s preventive health plan is a policy looking for an evidence-base says Jeremy Sammut in The Canberra Times   8 May Prevention is better than cure, but only if it works writes Jeremy Sammut in The Australian   7 May KiwiSaver – a solution in search of a problem, writes Phil Rennie in The Dominion Post   7 May KiwiSaver is New Zealand’s Saving (Dis)grace says Phil Rennie in the Wall Street Journal Asia   6 May The three 'R's of Northern Territory Indigenous Education: Responsibility, reform and 'rithmetic writes Helen Hughes in The Australian   1 May Forget Alchohol – the binge here is on taxing drinkers says Jeremy Sammut in the Daily Telegraph   20 Apr RAMSI’s job is only half complete writes Gaurav Sodhi at ABC News Online   30 Apr Health Minister gives a mixed message on binge drinking writes Jeremy Sammut in The Courier Mail   23 Apr The 2020 Summit's community corps idea looks better on paper than it would in practice, says Andrew Norton in The Australian ‘Higher Education’   23 Apr Australia's overall productivity has risen, but so has the tax burden, writes Robert Carling in The Age   22 Apr A fat tax on the fat and thin is unfair says Jeremy Sammut in The Australian   18 Apr Rudd’s baby farms are not going to be great for kids say Jessica Brown and Peter Saunders in The Australian   15 Apr Policy reform to close the gap between black and white writes Helen Hughes in the Australian Financial Review   14 Apr Who should pay for maternity leave – employers, unions or taxpayers? asks Jessica Brown in The Age   11 Apr Big ideas needed, not big government says Phil Rennie in the National Business Review   10 Apr Nicholas Gruen on learning from Hayek about central planning in The Australian   10 Apr Let's review all family benefits, not just paid maternity leave says Jessica Brown in the Canberra Times   8 Apr Add State Tax Reform to COAG’s agenda says Robert Carling in The Australian Financial Review   7 Apr Indigenous education policies are failing the young in the Northern Territory writes Helen Hughes in The Australian   7 Apr Here are the three keys to improving our schools writes Jennifer Buckingham in The Age   7 Apr Failures in education policy are creating a lost generation says Helen Hughes at ABC News Online   10 Mar Unis should kill their funding proposal says Andrew Norton in The Australian Financial Review