Coke Australia Beautiful
You may remember last year Australian beverage industry giants (Coke, Schweppes and Lion) successfully challenged the Northern Territory’s container deposit scheme legislation. Container Deposit...
View ArticleCapital Gains Tax – encouraging short term thinking
Hard to believe – but I’m about to argue that a tax should be reduced! No, I my blog hasn’t been hijacked by a right-wing think-tank. I actually believe there’s one tax that badly designed, bad for...
View ArticleShortage of facts, not a shortage of gas
When New South Wales Premier Barrier O’Farrell was advised to avoid using certain words, it was a clear indication that debate around Coal Seam Gas was no longer about facts. It seems that politicians...
View ArticleJobs for the boys
I attended a business breakfast last week and listened to a panel of academics and business leaders talk about the Asian century. When taking questions from the audience, somebody asked about diversity...
View ArticleHow to avoid paying tax
After declaring a “budget emergency” during the election, one of Treasurer Joe Hockey’s first announcements was to increase the debt ceiling to $500 billion. Then, he announced the scrapping of $2.4...
View ArticleCSG on Pandora
Avatar was the box-office success of 2009. Everyone will remember the special effects, but not everyone will remember the story’s pretext. Set in the year 2154, Avatar was the story of RDA...
View ArticleWill Coke stop using glass bottles in 2016?
Australia’s Coca Cola Amatil (CCA) has released information showing that it is rapidly moving away from glass bottles. In 2003, 69% of CCA’s volume was sold in glass bottles but in 2013 this has...
View ArticleDirect action: go to the bottom of the class
Originally posted on NoFibs. One of Tony Abbott’s cornerstone election issues was the repeal of the carbon pricing mechanism known as the ‘carbon tax’. His alternative is an interventionist policy...
View ArticleAbbot point – textbook uneconomic development
Originally posted on No Fibs. If there’s an economy in Australia that should be concerned about the impact of climate change, it’s agriculture and tourism-dependent Queensland, yet Australia’s Federal...
View ArticleKilling for conservation
Originally posted at No Fibs. Shocking images, like the one above, are circulating again through social media. They are part of a grassroots campaign to draw attention to trophy hunting, the business...
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