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Blind ideology ends Australian car industry

Through blind ideology, harsh words and careless actions, the Abbott Government has overseen the ...  
Getting mothers back to work

The difficulty for mothers to return to work is an enormous economic problem, says Tom Rundle, who ...  
Leaked memo casts doubt over controversial TPP agreement

Doubts emerge over whether the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement will ever be implemented, with ...  
The heavy cost of losing Holden

Research commissioned by the Australian Workplace Innovation and Social Research Centre estimates ...  
What you need to know about the Trans Pacific Partnership

The secretive Trans Pacific Partnership moves into final stages of negotiations over the next few ...  
How to survive in the Age of Empire

George Monbiot believes the world is being battered by a "full frontal assault on democracy" by a ...  
Productivity and the myth of labour market 'flexibility'

Capital investment, and technical and technological innovation are the best ways to improve ...  
Climate leaves corporate Australia snoozing

Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Though Australia is considered one of the countries most ...  
An accountant’s view: the nonsense on the mining tax

"As someone who has worked as an accountant or financial analyst for most of the last couple of d ...  
Abbott set to sign highly secretive TPP agreement this month

The Abbott Coalition looks set to sign off on the highly secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership later ...  
Land grabs — the new global oil and gold rush

Deputy editor and environment editor, Sandi Keane, takes a look at what is driving global specu ...  
Why we cannot a Ford to depend on multinationals

The farewell of Ford from Australian production is not only understandable, but a welcome wake-up ...  
How Aussie Jack helped send Ford back

Globalisation might have a lot to do with the demise of Ford Australia but, according to Ross ...  
Murdochracy in the United States

Despite newspaper profits being in freefall, Rupert Murdoch is trying to massively expand his ...  
Renewables can do 24-hour base load anywhere, anytime

The University of NSW has exploded the myth that renewables can't do 24-hour base load. Dr Mark ...  
Why the NBN will win Labor the 2013 election

Managing editor David Donovan says the NBN will transform Australia, making it more prosperous ...  
Rupert Murdoch — the absentee landlord

Rupert Murdoch’s odd denunciation of the Government's crackdown on 457 visas shows how utterly ...  
Facts speak for themselves — Australia still lucky country

Despite the News Ltd media and the Coalition talking down our economy at every turn, Australia ...  

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