Commentary
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ABC The Drum317The Sunday Age158IPA Review67Australian Financial Review25The Age24Crikey21Medium post16The Sydney Morning Herald15Spectator Australia7The Australian7The Conversation5Quadrant4
2025
A Run on the BanksIPA Review · 12 DecChanges to auctions are just selling everyone shortHerald Sun · 27 NovThe RBA is why your credit card surcharge fees are so highAustralian Financial Review · 20 NovThe Minns AI disasterSpectator Australia · 14 AugAI tapping copyrighted content to learn from it is not piracyAustralian Financial Review · 9 AugDonald Trump is right. Australia has been free-riding on US techAustralian Financial Review · 25 Feb
2024
Policy Without Policymaking: Australia’s New Digital Competition Regime Is Primarily Designed to Get Through ParliamentTruth on the Market · 21 DecDutton is losing the debate over nuclear energy right when we need it for AICrikey · 2 OctAlbo’s reckless and draconian misinformation legislation completely undermines itselfCrikey · 19 SepDutton’s anti-immigration stance is a symptom of a deep failure in Australian public policyCrikey · 13 SepJim Chalmers’ spray at the RBA is embarrassingCrikey · 5 SepTelegram founder’s arrest is radical — if it’s a crime to build privacy tools, there will be no privacyCrikey · 29 AugTaxpayers should not bail out journalism. They do so already!Crikey · 23 AugThe institutional economics of quantum computingMedium post · 20 Jun
2022
2021
A better design for defi grant programs18 JulTowards a Digital CBDAcumen blog · 23 JunBuilding a grammar of blockchain governanceMedium post · 16 JunDeFi governance needs better tokenomics13 AprNon-Fungible Tokens and the New Patronage EconomyCoindesk · 23 MarSocial media has huge problems with free speech and moderation. Could decentralised platforms fix this?17 MarFinancial rules for the algorithm ageAustralian Financial Review · 25 FebAfter GameStop, the rise of Dogecoin shows us how memes can move markets3 Feb
2020
Die Verschlüsselung schlägt zurückSchweizer Monat · 3 DecTime to reject Trump’s legacy and to back free trade and immigrationThe Age · 9 NovWhat we think we know about defiMedium post · 10 SepAustralia’s Confused Tech Regulators Are Cracking Down on Google for Using LinksReason · 10 SepWhat we’ve learned from working with AgoricMedium post · 9 SepHow to understand the credentialing industryMedium post · 18 JulDeregtech: using technology to deregulate the economy15 JulMulti-sided market collapse in the newspaper industryMedium post, Spectator Australia · 9 JulBlockchain innovation and public policyJournal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy · 20 JunThe digital consequences of the pandemicMedium post · 15 MayLook at our history: protectionism doesn’t workSpectator Australia · 14 MayThe COVIDSafe app was just one contact tracing option. These alternatives guarantee more privacyThe Conversation · 30 AprThis silent deregulation must become a pillar of recoveryAustralian Financial Review · 27 AprCryoeconomics: how to unfreeze the economyMedium post · 2 AprAge of currency disruption is hereAustralian Financial Review · 10 Feb
2019
Automating the big state will need more than computersAustralian Financial Review · 20 DecChristian Porter’s defamation reform would be a catastrophic mistakeThe Sydney Morning Herald · 26 NovThe Crypto-Circular Economy21 NovRegulate? Innovate!IPA Review · 1 AugFacebook’s monetary revolutionAustralian Financial Review · 20 JunBlockchain and the manufacturing industryAustralian Manufacturing Technology · 15 JunWhy Blockchain Technology Could Be the Key to Solving the Developing World’s Biggest Problems7 May
2018
The use of knowledge in computers: introducing nanoeconomics30 DecShould I use a blockchain?9 NovOpportunities for crypto-havens to capture businessThe Cayman Financial Review · 31 OctBlockchains and constitutional catallaxy: an EOS case study5 SepThe rational crypto-expectations revolutionMedium post · 19 JulSupply Chains on BlockchainsAPEC Currents · 22 JunThe ABC, ‘Independent’ to a FaultQuadrant · 19 JunNot our ABCSpectator Australia · 15 JunABC is about partisanship not diversityAustralian Financial Review · 14 JunBlockchain is (now) a competitive industryMedium post · 18 MayCrypto constitutionalismMedium post · 16 MayOnly A Flesh WoundThe Daily Telegraph · 11 MaySome economic consequences of the GDPRMedium post · 8 MaySober liberalSpectator Australia · 13 AprAre Australians ready to embrace libertarianism?The Conversation · 12 AprOutsourcing vertical integration: introducing the V-form network27 MarTradetech and the problem of international coordinationMedium post · 12 MarKodakOne could be the start of a new kind of intellectual propertyThe Conversation · 12 Jan
2017
The blockchain economy: what should the government do?Medium post · 11 NovByzantine political economyMedium post · 25 OctThe problem with Nobel laureate Richard Thaler’s nudgonomicsAustralian Financial Review · 12 OctThe Blockchain Economy: A beginner’s guide to institutional cryptoeconomicsMedium post · 27 SepBitcoin investors should be taxed like any other investorThe Conversation · 25 SepInstitutional Cryptoeconomics: A New Model for a New CenturyCoindesk · 17 SepGovernment must leave encryption alone, or it will endanger blockchainAustralian Financial Review · 28 JulMalcolm Turnbull’s Super MinistryRMIT Life · 27 JulMedicare details available on dark web is just tip of data breach icebergCanberra Times · 18 JulState Government bank levy makes South Australia riskiest place for investment in AustraliaThe Advertiser · 3 JulThe end of liberalism?IPA Review · 1 JulGST change is a plain and simple tariff, Scott MorrisonThe Australian · 11 AprDiverted Profits Tax Will Go NowhereAustralian Financial Review · 28 Mar
2016
Is reform hopeless in an era of disillusion?IPA Review · 1 AugPopulism is not a dirty wordThe Sunday Age · 10 JulWhere did it go wrong for Turnbull? The budgetABC The Drum · 5 JulPerverse small-target strategies leave voters guessingABC The Drum · 28 JunAustralia’s minimum wage prevents people from getting a jobThe Sunday Age · 25 JunRio’s financial crisis reveals the moral bankruptcy of the OlympicsABC The Drum · 21 JunAustralia isn’t immune to the Brexit debateABC The Drum · 14 JunThe case for a company tax cut is rock solid – and Labor knows itABC The Drum · 7 JunWhy we’re seeing less pork barrelling this electionABC The Drum · 31 MayPeople or profit: How does the Greens’ corporation plan stack up?ABC The Drum · 24 MayWhy the super debate is a Liberal flashpointABC The Drum · 17 MayThe ghosts of deficits past, present and future haunt this electionABC The Drum · 10 MayRejecting A Chinese Bid For Land Is In ‘The National Interest’? Show Me HowABC The Drum · 3 MayFrom Markets To Speech, Libertarians Straddle Political DivideThe Australian · 2 MayTurnbull’s Policies Aren’t Liberal, They’re IncoherentABC The Drum · 26 AprWhy Anti-Bank Populism Is A Fundamental Part Of Australia’s Political CultureABC The Drum · 20 AprAre The Panama Papers Really Such A Scandal?ABC The Drum · 12 AprFederation Reform Is No Political PlaythingABC The Drum · 5 AprCigars and the plain packaging effectIPA Review · 1 AprThe Economics of ZPGQuadrant · 1 AprThe Democratic Case For Splitting Queensland In TwoABC The Drum · 29 MarTurnbull’s Only Real Option Was Bluff And BravadoABC The Drum · 22 MarIf You’re Worried About Privacy, You Should Worry About The 2016 CensusABC The Drum · 16 MarThere’s Little To Stop Trump Wreaking Havoc As PresidentABC The Drum · 8 MarFurniture, Rent-Seeking And The Problem With LawsABC The Drum · 1 MarNegative gearing changes aren’t bold or courageousABC The Drum · 23 FebIs The Government Chasing Growth, Or Just Revenue?ABC The Drum · 9 FebIs Abetz right about the same-sex marriage plebiscite?ABC The Drum · 2 FebKevin Rudd guaranteed bank deposits and gave us something we already hadThe Conversation · 29 JanThere Is Much To Celebrate On Australia DayABC The Drum · 26 JanDonald Trump Is Not A Conservative – Just Look At His Views On TradeABC The Drum · 18 JanPoorest Members Of Trans-Pacific Partnership To Benefit MostABC The Drum · 17 JanIn Defence Of ‘Peak Sequel’ CapitalismABC The Drum · 12 JanThe Alternative To Uber’s Surge Pricing Isn’t Fair EitherABC The Drum · 5 Jan
2015
The Dries Have It: The Past And Future Of Economic ReformABC The Drum · 28 DecIs Cultural Appropriation The Bogeyman It’s Made Out To Be?ABC The Drum · 22 DecHow We’re Getting The Whole GST Debate So WrongABC The Drum · 15 DecInnovation v Regulation: How Turnbull’s Pitch Fell ShortABC The Drum · 9 DecHow to be a thoroughly liberal governmentIPA Review · 1 DecA Nudge In The Right Direction? How We Can Harness Behavioural EconomicsABC The Drum · 1 DecWhy Politicians Ride The Wave Of Anti-Bank PopulismABC The Drum · 25 NovSame-Sex Marriage: When Did Dissent Become Discrimination?The Age · 23 NovWhen ‘Safe Spaces’ Become An Attack On IdeasABC The Drum · 17 NovTurnbull’s Weak Media Reform Plans Aren’t Fit For The Modern AgeABC The Drum · 11 NovMalcolm Turnbull Should Avoid The Seductive Trap Of An Early ElectionABC The Drum · 3 NovLego Can Avoid Ai Weiwei, But It Can’t Avoid PoliticsABC The Drum · 27 OctDon’t Blame Voters For A Lack Of Competition ReformABC The Drum · 20 OctAlcohol And The Nanny State Inquiry: This Isn’t Just About MoneyABC The Drum · 14 OctTax Reform A False Start In Pursuit Of Economic GrowthThe Age · 11 OctThe Tide Is Turning On Penalty Rates, But How Far Will Turnbull Go?ABC The Drum · 6 OctTurnbull Can Learn From Gillard’s TransitionABC The Drum · 29 SepOur New ‘Innovation PM’ Needs Policies To MatchABC The Drum · 22 SepWithout Economic Nous, Abbott Was DoomedABC The Drum · 15 SepThe Abbott Government’s Real Problem Is That It’s Not Ideological EnoughABC The Drum · 8 SepFree speech lost in translationIPA Review · 1 SepThe end of history in Australian universitiesIPA Review · 1 SepChAFTA: Union Campaign Misses The PointABC The Drum · 1 SepForcing GST On Imports Doesn’t Stack UpABC The Drum · 25 AugWhy Multinationals Are Not Avoiding Australian TaxAustralian Financial Review · 21 AugThere’s Nothing Conservative About Using The Constitution As A Political TrickABC The Drum · 15 AugLet’s Be Honest, Question Time Makes Everyone Look StupidABC The Drum · 11 AugEntitlements Review: This Is A Problem Of DefinitionsABC The Drum · 4 AugPlease, Just Give Us A Real Growth StrategyABC The Drum · 28 JulHockey’s ‘Grand Deal On Tax’ Is Just Wishful ThinkingABC The Drum · 21 JulWhy We Value The Old School TieThe Age · 19 JulThere’s No ‘War On Wind’, Just MPs Doing Their JobABC The Drum · 14 JulWhy Is The Agriculture White Paper Gunning For Supermarkets?ABC The Drum · 7 JulConstitutional Confusion And The Movement For Indigenous RecognitionABC The Drum · 30 JunThe Weight Of History Bears Down On ShortenABC The Drum · 23 JunUnelected Officials Are Stifling Our Democratic FreedomsThe Age · 21 JunThe TPP Isn’t The Bogey-Treaty That We Think It IsABC The Drum · 16 JunMagna Carta: Archaic Tax Document And Icon Of LibertyABC The Drum · 9 JunThings Get Messy When Popularity Trumps PolicyABC The Drum · 2 JunA Welcome Mutiny Against ProtectionismABC The Drum · 26 MayAn analogue budget meets the digital worldABC The Drum · 12 MayIs The Looming Internet Filter Justified? Not YetABC The Drum · 5 MayThe Undone Tasks of DeregulationQuadrant · 1 MayLabor Can Stop Beating The Inequality DrumABC The Drum · 29 AprConservative Voters Blindsided By Coalition Tax IncreasesThe Age · 26 AprA Single Drink Puts Media Over The LimitABC The Drum · 20 AprShorten Must Start Thinking About Life After OppositionABC The Drum · 14 AprMoral Panic Overlooks Real Company Tax ProblemAustralian Financial Review · 13 AprThis Small Business Fetish Has Gone Too FarABC The Drum · 7 AprWhy Should We Join Another Development Bank?ABC The Drum · 31 MarWhy It’s OK To Strip Foreign Fighters Of CitizenshipABC The Drum · 24 MarCommunications Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s Metadata Move Will Aid Regulators, Not SecurityAustralian Financial Review · 17 MarIslamic State Is Destroying Ideas, Not Just ArtefactsABC The Drum · 10 MarMeet The Man Who Could Change The BudgetABC The Drum · 3 MarCurbing Free Speech Would Deprive Us Of Powerful Tool To Wield Against Islamist RadicalismThe Age · 1 MarRetain Our Privacy, Not Our DataABC The Drum · 25 FebYou Can’t Blame Foreigners For High House PricesABC The Drum · 17 FebAbbott’s Strategy Just A Blast From The PastABC The Drum · 10 FebConservatives Turn Their Critical Eye On AbbottABC The Drum · 3 FebThe battle of ideasIPA Review · 1 FebMinimum Wages And The Path To PovertyABC The Drum · 27 JanWhen Is Tax ‘Reform’ Actually Just A Tax Grab?ABC The Drum · 20 JanThe Inability To Handle Criticism Shows WeaknessABC The Drum · 13 JanBeware Google Tax GrabsThe Australian · 13 JanThe Government Can Revive Its ‘Freedom Agenda’ABC The Drum · 6 Jan
2014
Testing times make for great (and awful) leadersABC The Drum · 30 DecWelfare Plans An Assault On Our FreedomABC The Drum · 23 DecStop Putting It Off: We Need A Surplus ASAPABC The Drum · 16 DecThe Murray Inquiry Wants Regulation – But Why?ABC The Drum · 9 DecAnti-Terrorism Law Reform Follows Legislate In Haste, Repeal At Leisure ApproachThe Age · 7 DecQantas: The Spirit Of Australian NationalismABC The Drum · 3 DecFixed Terms Made A Farce Of Victorian PoliticsABC The Drum · 2 DecElection Campaign A Time For Politicians To Promise What They Can’t DeliverThe Age · 25 NovThe Abbott Government’s Chance For Real ReformABC The Drum · 25 NovAbbott Deserves Only Praise For Embracing Free TradeABC The Drum · 18 NovVictoria’s Transport Policies Ruled By The Heart, Not The HeadThe Age · 17 NovBig Government, Big Opportunity For Rent-SeekersABC The Drum · 11 NovLabor Party Reluctant To Ditch Union Ties In VictoriaThe Sunday Age · 9 NovThe Jig Is Up On Data Retention PlansABC The Drum · 4 NovGimmick Items Dominate Victorian CampaignsThe Sunday Age · 2 NovNo Wonder MPs Are Confused About Security LawsABC The Drum · 28 OctThe WHO Has Failed The Ebola DisasterABC The Drum · 21 OctSurveillance and PrivacySt James Ethics Centre Journal · 19 OctNational Curriculum: Written, But Not DesignedABC The Drum · 14 OctCan We Really Afford To Go To War?ABC The Drum · 7 OctThe Redundancy Of New Anti-Terrorism LawsABC The Drum · 30 SepThe Unspoken Benefits Of Tax AvoidanceABC The Drum · 23 SepWill We Kill Civilians In An Effort To Save Them?ABC The Drum · 16 SepRomanticising Reform: We’ve Set The Bar Too HighABC The Drum · 10 SepDon’t Rush To Act On Terrorism ThreatABC The Drum · 2 SepThe Cold Calculations Of The GFC StimulusABC The Drum · 26 AugMandatory Sentencing: A King Hit For CourtsABC The Drum · 19 AugGoing Against The Grain On Data RetentionABC The Drum · 13 AugThe repeal of the carbon taxIPA Review · 10 AugFree speech is non-negotiableIPA Review · 10 AugAbbott Needs To Hit The Reset ButtonABC The Drum · 5 AugSecurity Bill Widens Government Surveillance PowersThe Age · 3 AugHockey: The Moderate Man Forced To Be DryABC The Drum · 29 JulPolitics, Not Policy, Will Decide Who Gets Bailed OutABC The Drum · 22 JulThe Lessons Abbott Should Learn From VictoriaABC The Drum · 15 JulStar Wars Cantina: Patronising Politics Strikes BackABC The Drum · 8 JulShining A Light On The Dangers Of Royal CommissionsABC The Drum · 1 JulTides To Turn For Shorten On Debt, Boats And TaxABC The Drum · 26 JunEntrepreneurs Should Not Get Government SupportThe Age · 22 JunTrue Economic Liberty Means More Open BordersABC The Drum · 17 JunCoalition In Murky Waters In Hunt For Online PiratesABC The Drum · 10 JunExpelling MP Geoff Shaw Should Not Be The Only Way Out For The Napthine GovernmentThe Age · 9 JunNo Vote Of Confidence In ID LawsABC The Drum · 3 JunChifley’s Time Bomb 70 Years In The MakingABC The Drum · 27 MayBudget Creates A New State Of Play For PremiersABC The Drum · 20 MayBudget Won’t Slow Government SpendingThe Age · 16 MayBeware The Border Force FetishABC The Drum · 13 MayThe cyberbullying moral panicIPA Review · 1 MayTony Abbott’s culture challengeIPA Review · 1 MayWe Should Fear Slow Growth, Not InequalityABC The Drum · 29 AprElection Promises Are There For The BreakingABC The Drum · 22 AprBilateral Trade Deals Simply A Political PlaythingABC The Drum · 15 AprMicro-Parties Tap Into DissatisfactionABC The Drum · 8 AprYou Can’t Just Tax Your Way To A SurplusABC The Drum · 6 AprIt’s Power Grabs We Should Fear, Not CybercrimeABC The Drum · 1 AprHow George Brandis’ Race-Hate Laws Are Good For DemocracyThe Age · 30 MarPolitics Stands In The Way Of A Full 18C RepealABC The Drum · 25 MarCombatting The Cyberbully MythThe Sunday Age · 23 MarFoFA Fearmongering A Blow To DeregulationABC The Drum · 18 MarTime To Ditch Antiquated Media RegulationsABC The Drum · 11 MarQantas Ball Now In Labor’s CourtABC The Drum · 4 MarAnother G20 Deal For Everyone To IgnoreABC The Drum · 25 FebThe Great Corporate Welfare Con-VersationABC The Drum · 18 FebDivining The Meaning Of Elections Is A Mug’s GameABC The Drum · 12 FebPM’s ABC Critique Masks Deeper Security DebateABC The Drum · 4 FebThe Olympics: A Tool For Autocrats Since 1936ABC The Drum · 28 JanWhy protecting the pension is a political con jobThe Sunday Age · 26 JanNeo-Prohibition Isn’t The Answer To Violent CrimeABC The Drum · 21 JanThe Farce Of An Ideologically Neutral CurriculumABC The Drum · 14 JanThere Is No Such Thing As Reform Without RisksABC The Drum · 7 Jan
2013
Australia’s March To Free Speech Has BegunABC The Drum · 31 DecA Time To Be Thankful For The Market Economy (Really)ABC The Drum · 24 DecThe Coalition’s Budget Decisions Are All Its OwnABC The Drum · 17 DecScrapping The Debt Ceiling Is No VictoryABC The Drum · 10 DecA Reputation For Competence Must Be EarnedABC The Drum · 26 NovQueensland Party Crackdown Out Of ControlABC The Drum · 21 NovFreedom: The Forgotten Human RightABC The Drum · 12 NovNever Trust The ‘Diary’ Of A Political SpinnerABC The Drum · 5 NovVoting Is Futile But That Doesn’t Mean Elections AreABC The Drum · 29 OctBroadband Is Just The Start Of Turnbull’s MinefieldABC The Drum · 22 OctIt’s About Muckraking, Not KingmakingABC The Drum · 15 OctAccountability Goes Missing In Iraq Bank Note ScandalABC The Drum · 8 OctMore Than Just A Financial CrisisABC The Drum · 1 OctFreedom Of Speech Means Freedom To BoycottABC The Drum · 24 SepTeaching The Public Service To Obey Its New MastersABC The Drum · 10 SepForeign Investment Is Always A Two-Faced PolicyABC The Drum · 7 Sep‘On Track’ For A Surplus? Not Good EnoughABC The Drum · 3 SepA Nanny State On IR Policy Is The Liberal ChoiceABC The Drum · 27 AugBehold The Dance Of The Travelling SalesmenABC The Drum · 20 AugScare Campaigns Aside, GST On Food Is A No-BrainerABC The Drum · 13 AugNot The Time To Convince Us Of Economic ProwessABC The Drum · 6 AugThe Case for NoIPA Review · 1 AugPoliticians Are Powerless Over Australia’s EconomyABC The Drum · 30 JulSecrets And Fears Of A Paranoid GovernmentABC The Drum · 25 JulOn The Positive Side, Thousands More May Find RefugeABC The Drum · 18 JulDumping The Carbon Tax Without Dumping AnythingABC The Drum · 11 JulAbbott Should Welcome A Debate On The EconomyABC The Drum · 9 JulThe GFC Debate We Never HadABC The Drum · 2 JulMelburnians Are Streets Behind On Pavement FoodThe Sunday Age · 30 JunIn Defence Of PollingABC The Drum · 18 JunUS Surveillance Scandal Just The Tip Of The IcebergThe Sunday Age · 16 JunLabor’s End: Out With The Old, In With The RenewedABC The Drum · 11 JunAt Risk Of An Asylum Seeker UnderclassABC The Drum · 4 JunShould You Foot The Bill For Execrable Waste Of Human Resources?The Sunday Age · 2 JunInsane Obsession: Australia’s Auto Industry WasteABC The Drum · 28 MayWhen Does Mission Creep Become Censorship?ABC The Drum · 21 MayIf By A Miracle Labor Wins The Poll, It Must Deal With The TreasurerThe Sunday Age · 19 MayLavish Parental Leave Has Nothing To Do With NeedABC The Drum · 14 MayAeroplane Mobile Switch-Off Ruled By Fear Of The UnknownABC The Drum · 7 MayFree-Rein Proposal By Canberra Should Be Hobbled Before The PassThe Sunday Age · 5 MayA Hollow Victory For The Anti-Austerity CrowdABC The Drum · 30 AprPower Is Not Meant For Bureaucratic HandsABC The Drum · 23 AprDouble Click On The Next Digital Revolution, Then Brace YourselfThe Sunday Age · 21 AprIraq Stands As A Warning Against Foreign InterventionABC The Drum · 16 AprConservatives Have Got Gay Marriage All WrongABC The Drum · 9 AprSport And Betting Have Always Been TeammatesThe Sunday Age · 7 AprEveryone Promises Less Red Tape, But Very Few SucceedABC The Drum · 2 AprWar on DemocracyIPA Review · 1 AprAnything You Don’t Say May Be Used Against YouABC The Drum · 26 MarBeware Elite Technocrats And Their Open Disdain For DemocracyThe Sunday Age · 24 MarMedia Reform And A Missed OpportunityABC The Drum · 19 MarTea Party Paul’s Stand For Civil LibertiesABC The Drum · 12 MarThe Left Is Misguided When It Uses A Bill Of Rights To Distribute WealthThe Sunday Age · 10 MarImmigration Election: We’ve Been Here BeforeABC The Drum · 5 MarCensorship Standards Come From A Personal PlaceABC The Drum · 26 FebAn Assault On DietThe Sunday Age · 24 FebProtectionism, Symbolism And Gillard’s Jobs PlanABC The Drum · 19 FebForget Drugs – There’s Nothing Natural About Modern AthletesABC The Drum · 12 FebLincoln Sheds Little Light On Some Of History’s Dark DeedsThe Sunday Age · 10 FebIf It Looks And Smells Like A Campaign, Then It’s A CampaignABC The Drum · 5 FebThe Orwell Cult Is Way Out Of HandABC The Drum · 29 JanThis Doomsday Endgame Could Last A Long TimeThe Sunday Age · 27 JanAnti-Discrimination Laws: An Act Of ConfusionABC The Drum · 22 JanTax exiles vote with their feetABC The Drum · 15 JanAmerica Fell Off The Fiscal Cliff A Long Time Ago. Now It’s All About The LandingThe Sunday Age · 13 JanLes Mis: A Revolution For Our TimesABC The Drum · 8 JanPolicy Without Politics Is PointlessABC The Drum · 2 Jan
2012
This Mindless Pursuit Of Scandal Belongs To The PastThe Sunday Age · 30 DecVideogame Blame Distracts From The Real Gun DebateABC The Drum · 27 DecMemo To Government: Having An Opinion Is Not A CrimeThe Sunday Age · 23 Dec2012: The Year In Political OutrageABC The Drum · 20 DecLosing Interest In Our Rate ObsessionABC The Drum · 11 DecIt’s About More Than Just Phone Hacking … UnfortunatelyABC The Drum · 4 DecAddicted: The Medicalisation Of Bad BehaviourThe Sunday Age · 2 DecLiberals’ Legacy Of Mass Migration Is At StakeABC The Drum · 27 NovThe Politics Of Consensus Has A Dark SideABC The Drum · 20 NovThe Coalition’s Impressionist Platform Paints The Wrong PictureThe Sunday Age · 18 NovThe Art Of Telling The TruthABC The Drum · 13 NovGrandstanding about mobiles won’t reduce the road tollABC The Drum · 6 NovIn praise of ticket scalping, horse eating and trading in human organsThe Sunday Age · 4 NovDon’t believe the Asian century hypeABC The Drum · 31 OctThe puritanical public health movementABC The Drum · 23 OctWhy Cling On To An Outdated Refugee Convention?ABC The Drum · 20 OctWhat’s The Crisis In The Cuban Missile Crisis?ABC The Drum · 16 OctRose-Coloured Glasses Make For Sentimental FoolsThe Sunday Age · 14 OctStay tuned for the red underpants theory of bad TVThe Sunday Age · 12 OctThe Capitalist Heroes We ForgetABC The Drum · 11 OctRebels Without A Cause Indulge In Delusions Of RevolutionThe Sunday Age · 10 OctWe Do Not Need An Internet OverlordABC The Drum · 9 OctDon’t Just Tinker With Government – Reduce ItABC The Drum · 2 OctWhy Capitalism is AwesomeIPA Review · 1 OctA Crackdown On Illegal Immigrants. Interested? Anyone?ABC The Drum · 25 SepMcMansions A Sign Of Our Country’s Wealth, Not A Lack Of TasteThe Sunday Age · 23 SepIs navel-gazing our fastest growing industry?ABC The Drum · 11 SepPrivacy To Be Sacrificed As Roxon Takes Liberties With Our FreedomsThe Sunday Age · 9 SepAustralia’s Unfounded Foreign Investment FearABC The Drum · 4 SepWorkChoices Demon Used To Fire Up The Labor BaseABC The Drum · 28 AugThe Legacy And Abuse Of Ayn RandABC The Drum · 21 AugConfused NASA’s Role Lost In SpaceThe Sunday Age · 19 AugSent To Prison For Making An EbookABC The Drum · 14 AugA Proud Nation Should Not Be Bashful Of Its PastThe Sunday Age · 12 AugCritics’ Silence Adds To Walsh’s Cabinet Of CuriositiesABC The Drum · 7 AugBe like Gough: 75 Radical Ideas To Transform AustraliaIPA Review · 5 AugMedia Diversity Fears Are Absurd And ObsoleteABC The Drum · 1 AugThe Terrifyingly Inscrutable Minds Behind Mass MurdersABC The Drum · 24 JulLet The Cult BeginThe Sunday Age · 22 JulBe Sceptical Of Vague New ‘National Security’ PowersABC The Drum · 17 JulFreedom Of Association Lost In The Moral PanicABC The Drum · 11 JulSchools Might As Well Tell Students Who To Vote ForThe Sunday Age · 8 JulAbbott Should Focus On His Second Day As PMABC The Drum · 3 JulAnother year, another failed climate summitABC The Drum · 26 JunJust Be Grateful Airlines Can Feed You At AllThe Sunday Age · 24 JunShould Governments Protect Independent Journalism?The Sydney Morning Herald · 23 JunThe Farce That Is The Leveson InquiryABC The Drum · 20 JunHappy Birthday To Free Market LiberalismABC The Drum · 13 JunPolitics Of Contradiction Mean Democracy For Me, But Not For TheeThe Sunday Age · 10 JunRemittances Dominate Aid Yet Remain UnspokenABC The Drum · 5 JunGillard Plays The Unedifying ‘Small Australia’ CardABC The Drum · 29 MayObama Beats Bush In Assault On Civil RightsThe Sydney Morning Herald · 27 MayLocking People Away Forever Because ASIO ReckonsABC The Drum · 22 MayThe Unhappy Compromise Of European ‘Austerity’ABC The Drum · 15 MayThe Politics Of Projection: There’s A Reason We Can’t All Just Get AlongThe Sunday Age · 13 MayWe Can’t Stop Climate Change – It’s Time To AdaptABC The Drum · 8 MayConvergence Review Is Clever, Subtle … And WorryingABC The Drum · 1 MayManufactured CrisisThe Sydney Morning Herald · 29 AprReward Welfare A Recipe For Entitlement CultureABC The Drum · 24 AprSport As Propaganda: Bahrain’s Vile Grand PrixABC The Drum · 18 AprSecular World Has A Christian FoundationThe Sunday Age · 15 AprThe Real Reason for the Tragedy of the TitanicABC The Drum, Wall Street Journal · 12 AprOffence Against Free SpeechABC The Drum · 3 AprWesterners Consumed By Tech Toys Wallow In Misplaced GuiltThe Sunday Age · 1 AprTasers: The Non-Lethal Force That KillsABC The Drum · 28 MarNewspapers Tangled In Politics… That’s Yesterday’s NewsABC The Drum · 21 MarWe’re Bombarded With Swearing But Who #*@%*! Cares?The Sunday Age · 18 MarForeign Investment And The Whims Of PoliticiansABC The Drum · 13 MarRegulating From A Distance: Finkelstein, Politics, PowerABC The Drum · 7 MarFree Press To Be Sacrificed For Political RetributionThe Sunday Age · 4 MarThe Decriminalisation (Or Even Legalisation) Of DrugsABC The Drum · 29 FebO’Farrell’s Campaign Finance Reforms Are AbominableABC The Drum · 22 FebBehavioural Economics: An Excuse To Tax And RegulateABC The Drum · 15 FebInternet Laws A Sledgehammer Approach To PrivacyThe Sunday Age · 12 FebFarmers Feeling The Squeeze Of Marketplace RealitiesABC The Drum · 8 FebThe True Origins Of Anti-PaternalismABC The Drum · 31 JanLost In TranslationThe Sunday Age · 29 JanThe Dramatic Collapse Of Trust In GovernmentABC The Drum · 25 JanNeed To Keep Fingers Off The Panic ButtonThe Sydney Morning Herald · 21 JanCar Makers Cling To Subsidies Of OldABC The Drum · 17 JanRepeat After Me: All Tyranny Is Evil And WrongThe Sunday Age · 15 JanWhat’s Wrong With ‘No’?ABC The Drum · 10 JanAnd You, Sir, Are No LibertarianABC The Drum · 3 JanThe Good News Is, The News Is Getting Better All The TimeThe Sunday Age · 1 Jan
2011
The Socialist Calculation DebateABC The Drum · 28 DecConvergence Review: Complete, Spectacular FailureABC The Drum · 21 DecHow The Red Cross Virtually Lost The PlotThe Sunday Age · 18 DecNew Technology And The Call For CensorshipABC The Drum · 14 DecThe ‘Right’ Morally Culpable For Breivik’s Actions, Really?ABC The Drum · 7 DecPhoney Food Fears Ignore Nimble Market SolutionsThe Sunday Age · 4 DecThe assault on freedom of speechIPA Review · 1 DecThe World Will Be No Safer Under Basel IIIABC The Drum · 1 DecYes We Can… With Exceptions, Qualifications And RequirementsABC The Drum · 23 NovThe Less Parliament Sits, The Better Off We All Will BeThe Sunday Age · 20 NovCommonwealth Games Bad News For The Gold CoastABC The Drum · 17 NovMedia Inquiry Motives: Accountability Or Revenge?ABC The Drum · 9 NovMemo To Unions: White Australia Was A Bad IdeaThe Sunday Age · 6 NovThe Battle Between Political And Economic FreedomABC The Drum · 2 NovWhy Doubt Free Trade With China?ABC The Drum · 27 OctIdealism Turns Us On, But Reality BitesThe Sunday Age · 23 OctWhy Care About Freedom Of Speech?ABC The Drum · 4 OctFat chance of cutting caloriesABC The Drum · 28 SepInside Dirt On Clean Energy Schemes: They Don’t WorkThe Sunday Age · 25 SepHave The Media Watchers Undermined Press Freedom?ABC The Drum · 21 SepPrime Ministerial Musical ChairsABC The Drum · 14 SepLiberty Gets The ChopThe Sunday Age · 11 SepNational Curriculum: Labor’s Big FailureABC The Drum · 7 SepCommunications Regulation Is A Dog’s BreakfastABC The Drum · 6 SepForget Compassion – Our Better Angels Aren’t ListeningThe Sunday Age · 28 AugEurope’s Doomed EuroABC The Drum · 24 AugAbbott Lines Up With Left-Wing Union On ProtectionismThe Sunday Age · 14 AugFree Speech: Hicks Should Keep His Memoir ProfitsABC The Drum · 10 Aug‘Carbon Cops’ Destined To Join Mega-Regulators ClubABC The Drum · 3 AugNews Of World: Sideshows And Political OpportunismABC The Drum · 27 JulToo many economists in the carbon kitchenABC The Drum · 20 JulWar To End War Drugs Gains Allies On Right FlankThe Sunday Age · 17 JulBrown’s Global Parliament: Scary PropositionABC The Drum · 14 JulGiving Up On National ClassificationABC The Drum · 7 JulConservatives Court The Same-Sex Marriage LobbyABC The Drum · 30 JunOne Hack Of A Crime Wave, Or So They SayThe Sunday Age · 26 JunNew Republicans Swap Their Neo-Cons For DovesABC The Drum · 23 JunPopulation And MisanthropyABC The Drum · 15 JunDig In, Don’t Wait. Our Slow Food Nostalgia Is MisplacedThe Sunday Age · 12 Jun‘Red Toryism’ Holds Little But Giggles For Local LiberalsABC The Drum · 8 JunFree speech in the climate debateIPA Review · 1 JunAbbott Chases Working Votes Even Menzies ForgotABC The Drum · 1 JunFree Economies Will Choose Money Over The GunThe Sunday Age · 29 MayBackwoods Policy MakingABC The Drum · 26 MayMiddle Class Welfare: Not Happy JuliaABC The Drum · 18 MayCharade Must End, And Both Sides Of Politics Know ItThe Sunday Age · 15 MayIgnoring The Deficit: Disappointingly PredictableABC The Drum · 11 MayThe Nanny State Is Coming…For Your Democratic SoulABC The Drum · 4 MayBig Business In Full Flight Is The Clarion Cry Of DemocracyThe Sunday Age · 1 MayMorality And Humanity In The Gambling DebateABC The Drum · 27 AprWhy Bad Policy Can Be Good PoliticsABC The Drum · 19 AprPlain Packs Pointless When Smoke Gets In Our EyesThe Sunday Age · 17 AprLearning From Public Policy Mistakes Of The GFCABC The Drum · 12 AprMulticulturalism Is A Useless WordABC The Drum · 5 AprDeregulation Can Save The Taxi Industry From ItselfThe Sunday Age · 3 AprClimate Change Can’t Be Stopped, But We Will AdaptThe Sunday Age · 28 MarMedia Watch: Everyone Loves It Until They Advocate CensorshipABC The Drum · 28 MarWest’s History Not Complete Without Reference To ChristianityABC The Drum · 22 MarNatural Disasters Give Economic Growth A Moral DimensionABC The Drum · 16 MarHands Up If You’re In Favour Of Cheap Milk … Anyone?The Sunday Age · 13 MarIn A Truly Globalised World, Immigration Must Be FreeABC The Drum · 9 MarSelling Out The KoranThe Sunday Age · 6 MarAdapt To SurviveSpectator Australia · 5 MarArtificial Markets: Miles Behind The Real DealABC The Drum · 1 MarAnti-Dumping Laws: In Whose Interest?ABC The Drum · 22 FebStriving For Political And Economic FreedomABC The Drum · 15 FebWhy We’re A Nation Of HomebodiesThe Sunday Age · 13 FebBeyond The Chaos, Federalism Lives OnABC The Drum · 8 FebTaylor confirms curriculum motivated by ideological antagonismCrikey · 2 FebThe Truth About Energy SubsidiesABC The Drum · 2 FebDrowning In Gillard’s Flood Levy SpinThe Sunday Age · 30 JanMicromanagement In The Regulatory StateABC The Drum · 25 JanWhy Greedy Gerry And His Mates Will Win In The EndThe Sunday Age · 16 JanNational Curriculum Gets Our History Badly WrongThe Sunday Age · 9 Jan
2010
Gillard’s Government Balancing ActABC The Drum · 28 DecTaxpayers Are The True Victims Of The Global Financial CrisisThe Sunday Age · 26 DecTime For A Rethink On Migrants – It’s No Crime To Seek A Better LifeThe Sydney Morning Herald · 23 DecGive Unto Others As You Would Have Them Give Unto YouThe Sunday Age · 19 DecCan’t Compare: Emissions Trading And Reforms From The PastABC The Drum · 14 DecThe Weight Of The WordThe Sunday Age · 12 DecOverreaction To Terrorism The Big ThreatThe Sydney Morning Herald · 11 DecWikiLeaks and the virtue of transparencyABC The Drum · 30 NovIf Marriage Is So Good, Why Not Invite Everyone In?The Sunday Age · 21 NovStaring Through The Greens’ Populist PrismABC The Drum · 17 NovHealthy Living… In A Nanny StateABC The Drum · 3 NovGreens have an irrational fear of foreign moneyABC The Drum · 31 OctEconomic Populism: A Minefield For The LiberalsABC The Drum · 26 OctAn Illusion Of SafetyThe Sunday Age · 24 OctIt’s An IKEA WorldABC The Drum · 19 OctIndividual Liberty In The Eyes Of A NovelistABC The Drum · 12 OctThe Expansion Of Presidential PowerABC The Drum · 6 OctSilenced In CourtThe Sunday Age · 3 OctCarbon Price Makes No Policy SenseABC The Drum · 29 SepBankrolling Oprah: The New Tourist StrategyABC The Drum · 21 SepSavaging a popular policy a tricky task for TurnbullThe Sunday Age · 19 SepTea Party conservatives are brewing up a stormThe Sydney Morning Herald · 18 SepLife under Gillard could be an expensive businessThe Sunday Age · 5 SepSnapping at heels of civil libertyThe Sydney Morning Herald · 4 SepThe state we’re in: redrawing AustraliaABC The Drum · 31 AugInformal ballots: blame compulsory votingABC The Drum · 25 AugMoving forward mantra Gillard’s biggest mistakeABC The Drum · 20 AugNBN: Crippling government regulation to blameABC The Drum · 17 AugBudget honesty charter corruptedThe Sunday Age · 15 AugTelling it like it isABC The Drum · 10 AugGreens find growing up is hard to doThe Sunday Age · 8 AugA speech for Tony AbbottABC The Drum · 6 AugThe dichotomy of WikileaksABC The Drum · 3 AugTalking the talk on walking the beatThe Sunday Age · 1 AugGreens’ population policy no better than the othersABC The Drum · 26 JulSpending cuts in the obvious placesABC The Drum · 22 JulRudd is gone, but he’s still the focusThe Sunday Age · 18 JulClimate change: healthy debate not a health debateABC The Drum · 13 JulStrange bedfellows make for better governmentThe Sunday Age · 11 JulThe Great DisappointmentABC The Drum · 6 JulChasing the xenophobic voteABC The Drum · 29 JunCoup is good news for WhitlamThe Sunday Age · 27 JunThe pursuit of economic growthABC The Drum · 22 JunIt’s alive, after a fashionThe Sunday Age · 13 JunCapping tradeABC The Drum · 8 JunSeeking a political crisisABC The Drum · 1 JunThe ‘divine violence’ of Slavoj ZizekIPA Review · 1 JunPrivacy pose shows the minister is off his FacebookThe Sunday Age · 30 MayDefence’s Spending DebacleABC The Drum · 25 MayWhy trimming the waste line is harder than it looksThe Sunday Age · 16 MayShould terror suspects be protected by politics?ABC The Drum · 11 MaySpurious notions of ‘national character’ aren’t helpingSpectator Australia · 5 MayCapitalism Is Ruining The Planet, And Pigs Might FlyThe Sunday Age · 2 MayGreen Policies: Too Much Of Not EnoughABC The Drum · 27 AprTaxation’s violent historyABC The Drum · 27 AprImmigration and growth: 200 years of successABC The Drum · 20 AprThe Blame Game Is All Canberra’s FaultThe Sunday Age · 18 AprLet Society Shape ItselfThe Sydney Morning Herald · 17 AprGreen Tea PartyABC The Drum · 13 AprWho Should Run The Biggest Business In The Country?ABC The Drum · 7 AprFace Facts And Adapt To Warmer WorldThe Sydney Morning Herald · 5 AprFat Lot Of Good Campaign Against Junk Food Is DoingThe Sunday Age · 4 AprLiberal Leadership AftershocksABC The Drum · 30 MarFollow The LeaderThe Sunday Age · 21 MarThe Ghost Of Liberals PastABC The Drum · 16 MarSchools Should Be Free To Teach What They WantThe Sunday Age · 7 MarFrom the Rum Corps to the alcopopIPA Review · 1 MarOpen the BordersPolicy Magazine · 1 MarIPA Review Editorial, March 2010IPA Review · 1 MarTerror Laid BareThe Sunday Age · 22 FebTake The Politics Out Of Commerce, Not Vice VersaThe Sunday Age · 7 FebWhat Do Haitians Need Most? To Get Away From HaitiThe Sunday Age · 24 JanLost Property: Home In Deed But Not In FactThe Sunday Age · 10 Jan
2009
Buying Our Love With Our Money Is Just Not SportingThe Sunday Age · 27 DecGive Or Take A Million, There’s Nothing To FearThe Sydney Morning Herald · 19 DecDebunking The Mummy Party Vs Daddy Party Theory Of PoliticsABC Unleashed · 15 DecHuman Rights? Sorry, We’d Rather Strip-Search ChildrenThe Sunday Age · 13 DecSmall Government Does Not Mean CheapThe Sydney Morning Herald · 12 DecClimategate: What we’ve learned so farIPA Review · 1 DecIPA Review Editorial, December 2009IPA Review · 1 DecHere’s What Isn’t HappeningCrikey · 30 NovHey Mr Garrett! Time To Get Off Our Arts And Do NothingThe Sunday Age · 29 NovThe Meter’s Running As Canberra Eyes States’ PowersThe Sunday Age · 15 NovBig Government: A Love StoryCrikey · 4 NovVegetarians’ Meat Tax Plan Just A Load Of Hot AirThe Sunday Age · 1 NovBeing Tough On Refugees Is Pretty WeakThe Sunday Age · 18 OctMeet The Nanny Spider: It Wants To Wrap You Up In Little Rules And Eat Your LifeThe Sunday Age · 4 OctClimate Trumping Needs Of The PoorThe Sydney Morning Herald · 29 SepAlcohol Is Good – So Let’s Drink To ThatThe Sunday Age · 20 SepHigher, Faster, Costlier: The Price Of Olympic Gold Is Too GreatThe Sunday Age · 6 SepConsumerist Kiddies? Come On, Give Them A Little CreditThe Sunday Age · 23 AugGoing Green Is Just Another Rinse In Government WasherThe Sunday Age · 9 AugPM’s National Broadband Plan Really Is No Net GainThe Sydney Morning Herald · 3 AugPersonal tragedies under StalinIPA Review · 1 Aug10 Worst Nanny State PoliciesIPA Review · 1 AugLet’s Bin The Overcooked MoralisingThe Sunday Age · 19 JulSilly Recommendations Are Very Bad For Our HealthThe Sunday Age · 5 JulCrisis? What Crisis?The Sunday Age · 28 JunStimulus (N): A Huge Sum Of Money Spent On Any Old CrapThe Sunday Age · 21 JunHurling Invective At CEOs Over Salaries Is A Bit RichThe Sunday Age · 7 JunWhere Is The Evidence That Junk Food Ads Make Kids Fat?Crikey · 2 JunNew Sheriff Needed To Ride Shotgun On Heritage SuburbsThe Sunday Age · 24 MayNever Mind The Deficit, Look At The SpendingCrikey · 13 MayThe Road To Hell Is Not Paved With Poker MachinesThe Sunday Age · 11 MayDepopulate And Die Of BoredomThe Sunday Age · 26 AprHow A Joker Sent Battman To The RescueThe Sunday Age · 12 AprThe Winds Of Change Will Not Wait For Rudd’s BroadbandCrikey · 7 AprGeneration Pepsi All Froth And Bubble On LeadershipThe Sunday Age · 29 MarMore Police, Fewer Daft Ideas, The Answer To City ViolenceThe Sunday Age · 15 MarKeeping up with Kevin: Kevin Rudd’s testosterone technocracyIPA Review · 1 MarIPA Review Editorial, March 2009IPA Review · 1 MarDespite Job Fears, We Must Keep Migration Door OpenThe Sunday Age · 1 MarBring On The Acid BathThe Sunday Age · 15 FebTinseltown Ideology Reflects Our Cultural ObsessionsOnline Opinion · 10 FebThe Bail-Out DiseaseThe Sunday Age · 1 FebLeave The Poor Old Chaps AloneThe Sunday Age · 18 JanGo On, Mate, Get Out There And Make A DifferenceThe Sunday Age · 4 Jan20 Years On: Western liberty and Soviet tyrannyIPA Review · 1 Jan
2008
Ignore Meaningless Public Health Studies? I’ll Drink To ThatThe Sunday Age · 21 DecRadical Reform Needed To Clear Up The Telco MessThe Age · 16 DecNeutering The Net Is About Repression, Not ProtectionThe Sunday Age · 30 NovPolitics And The Top CopThe Sunday Age · 9 NovIPA Review Editorial, November 2008IPA Review · 1 NovThe Dark Mind of the CopywriterIPA Review · 1 NovClamp On Conflict Of Interest May Hobble Sound JudgementThe Sunday Age · 27 OctWhy Greed’s Just Too Small A Word To Hang A Crisis OnThe Sunday Age · 12 OctWhere’s The Local Goodwill When It Comes To Rates?The Sunday Age · 28 SepGet Off The Turps – Idiots Are The Problem, Not AlcoholThe Sunday Age · 14 SepAlexander Solzhenitsyn’s Challenging LegacyIPA Review · 1 SepEmissions Trading: Towards the biggest economic change in Australian historyIPA Review · 1 SepIPA Review Editorial, September 2008IPA Review · 1 SepCity Car Levy Is Just Another Taxing BurdenThe Sunday Age · 31 AugBattling Green NoiseThe Sunday Age · 17 AugMemo Starbucks: Next Time Try Selling Ice To EskimosThe Sunday Age · 4 AugConnies A Nostalgic Symbol Of Lost Community SpiritThe Sunday Age · 20 JulProtecting Kids From TV Swearing Is Not Canberra’s JobThe Sunday Age · 6 JulPolitics, not sport, is the purpose of the Olympic GamesIPA Review · 1 JulHave bad movies edged out good?IPA Review · 1 JulIPA Review Editorial, July 2008IPA Review · 1 JulRegulation And The Regulatory BurdenQuadrant · 5 JunFree Speech Means The Right To Obscene Speech, TooThe Sunday Age · 1 JunNot Fascist At AllOverland · 21 MayDon’t Strangle Communications NetworksThe Australian · 19 MayDon’t Close The Door On Our Envied Bar CultureThe Sunday Age · 18 MayPut A Cork In It, Mr Rudd – You’re Missing The PointThe Sunday Age · 4 MayIPA Review Editorial, May 2008IPA Review · 1 MayThe Patriot GamesThe Sunday Age · 20 AprCome On, Aunty, Time To Work Out Where You’re AtThe Sunday Age · 6 AprNanny State Ad Bans Won’t Stop Kids Liking Junk FoodThe Sunday Age · 23 MarPedestal To The MetalThe Sunday Age · 9 MarSet Traps For Rats In The RanksThe Australian · 5 MarIPA Review Editorial, March 2008IPA Review · 1 MarGoddamn you all to hell: The revealing politics of dystopian moviesIPA Review · 1 MarWhat ‘fascist mob’? Overland and the IPAIPA Review · 1 MarIlf and Petrov’s excellent adventureIPA Review · 1 Mar20 years reveals gigantic strides in international tradeIPA Review · 1 MarOne For The CountryThe Sunday Age · 24 FebRudd’s Super Summit Puts The Con Into ConsensusThe Sunday Age · 10 FebIsn’t All This Talk Of An Apocalypse Getting A Bit Boring?The Sunday Age · 27 JanNext Time You Sip A Latte, Look Beyond The Feel-Good ChoiceThe Sunday Age · 6 JanTackling Obesity – Should The Public Pay?The Sunday Age · 6 JanWhat next? Liberalism after the Howard governmentIPA Review · 1 JanIPA Review Editorial, January 2008IPA Review · 1 Jan
2007
Xmas Buying Is Full Of SpiritThe Sunday Age · 23 DecStrangled By RegulationBusiness Spectator · 20 DecReview Of ‘The Shock Of The Old: Technology And Global History Since 1900’Policy Magazine · 20 DecStars In The Net SkyThe Sunday Age · 16 DecWhere The Liberals Went WrongGeelong Advertiser · 13 DecFame Game Filling Our Need For CelebritiesThe Sunday Age · 2 DecNo Umpire Needed In Sport MediaThe Age · 28 NovNo Street Cred For Council Party PoopersThe Sunday Age · 25 NovReligious Right? Have A Little Faith In The ProcessThe Sunday Age · 11 NovWhile You Weren’t Looking, Freedom Went Up In SmokeThe Sunday Age · 28 OctThe Net Is Anarchy: Keep It That WayThe Age · 24 OctBroadband: Another Telco Monopoly Would Be A DisasterCrikey · 11 OctTelco Industry’s ‘Red Tape’ Burden UnfairABC News Online · 2 OctFilm Classification Laws Out Of Sync With The 21st CenturyThe Age · 1 OctA disgusting history of EnglandIPA Review · 1 OctIPA Review Editorial, October 2007IPA Review · 1 OctRegretting Privatisation: Broadband and the 2007 electionIPA Review · 1 OctNo Need For Local Films On Public PurseThe Sunday Age · 30 SepA Capital Idea: Move Them Out To Move Us OnThe Sunday Age · 24 SepThe Slippery Slope Towards Internet Censorship ContinuesCrikey · 21 SepBetter To Be Alert Than NetAlarmedThe Sunday Age · 16 SepDealing With That $30,000 Phone Bill… Without RegulationCrikey · 3 SepSociety Rhetoric Just A Pulp FictionThe Sunday Age · 2 SepCracking Coonan’s Filter And Other Tech WrecksCrikey · 27 AugSplitting Telstra Is Not The Right MoveAustralian Financial Review · 22 AugBroadband Projects An Embarrassing, Expensive FailureCrikey · 22 AugThe Value Of Secrets To Pollies And JournosCrikey · 16 AugLaws Against Concentrated Media Ownership Hurt, Rather Than HelpCrikey · 14 AugChe Chic: You’ve Ignored The Horrors, Now Buy The T-ShirtThe Sunday Age · 14 AugMonitoring Porn: Not Government’s ResponsibilityCrikey · 10 AugIs Aunty’s Strength A Net Gain?The Australian · 7 AugHands Off Software, SamuelAustralian Financial Review · 17 JulBig Brother vs. Big Brother: How politicians failed to understand reality television and in their confusion instead decided to regulate the internetIPA Review · 1 JulLibertarian ascendancyIPA Review · 1 JulThe Regulatory State’s democracy problemIPA Review · 1 JulOn Telecoms, Regulator Chuting BlanksThe Age · 28 JunMedia Faces An Unsentimental FutureThe Age · 8 JunWhen Reform Has No Bang And Barely A WhimperOnline Opinion · 11 MayInventing Market FailureCommunications Day · 18 MarIslam’s free market heritageIPA Review · 1 MarAunty Will Be Proud Of Maxine’s CandidacyThe Australian · 27 FebWaving Goodbye? Fans Will DecideThe Sunday Age · 4 FebDobbing And The CommunityThe Sunday Age · 21 JanBroadband Internet – Getting The Framework RightOnline Opinion · 4 Jan
2006
The other flurry of media mergersIPA Review · 1 DecHow significant is online news?IPA Review · 1 DecSoftware design by competition lawIPA Review · 1 DecContainers and their enemiesIPA Review · 1 DecLucky Australia Hasn’t Avoided MistakesABC Perspective · 29 NovNo Net Gain In Beattie PlanThe Courier-Mail · 27 OctMedia-Rule Horse Has BoltedAustralian Financial Review · 12 OctBeing creative has never been “un-Australian”Crikey · 3 OctIn search of Smith’s legacyIPA Review · 1 OctOnly The Market Can Properly Reshape The MediaAustralian Financial Review · 15 SepRegulator Should Butt Out On Fibre-Optic BroadbandAustralian Financial Review · 7 JulYou Are What You Chose To EatThe Age · 1 JulOrwell’s CurseIPA Review · 1 JulMarket The Massage, Not Media MogulsThe Age · 27 JunScandinavian IdolIPA Review · 1 JunMedia regulations need massive, radical reform, not minor tweakingIPA Review · 1 AprHalters On Google For NowAustralian Financial Review · 9 Feb
2005
Vi@gr@ $old h^r^: Is your annoyance our problem?IPA Review · 1 DecACCC Paying Lip-Service To InnovationAustralian Financial Review · 22 NovCan we remove the ban on mobiles in planes without killing each other?IPA Review · 1 SepDancing on the grave of employmentIPA Review · 1 SepIPA Review Editorial, September 2005IPA Review · 1 SepMyths of the Corporate MediaIPA Review · 1 JunWhy do drug dealers live with their mums?IPA Review · 1 JunThe Debate: Campaign SpendingThe Daily Telegraph · 31 MarACCC Should Be Good SportsAustralian Financial Review · 8 FebThere Can Never Be Too Much Sport, Mr SamuelThe Age · 28 Jan