Foot Down on FTAs?

Have you ever wondered where Australia has got free trade agreements? As talks start with Korea, it is worth considering that all of our FTA partners are members of APEC (with the exception of the Gulf States).

ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA
Singapore-Australia FTA
Thailand-Australia FTA
Australia-United States FTA
Australia-New Zealand [...]

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Abbott on Rudd

Here’s Abbott’s response to Rudd’s shameful article.
He’s spot on with this one. He’s soooooo spot on he seems to have borrowed everyone one of my few points!
I argued:
The metamorphosis of Kevin Rudd is complete. The man who styled himself an “economic conservative” complete with Gold Coast-esque development in the background, at the end of 2007 (read: [...]

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Turnbull on the stimulus package

Here is Turnbull’s response to Rudd on the stimulus package. He makes some good points. The cash hand-outs are getting out of hand. Amy and I wont be spending them on stimulating the Australian economy, as I presume many other Australians wont either. They are going straight into the bank. Its an ill-conceived policy. Why [...]

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Where has Mr “Economic Conservative” gone?

Wow … how things can change over one short year.
The metamorphosis of Kevin Rudd is complete. The man who styled himself an “economic conservative” complete with Gold Coast-esque development in the background, at the end of 2007 (read: relax friends, I’m Howard not Keating), has now become, according to his recent effort in The Monthly, [...]

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No Unilaterism on Carbon, Mr Rudd

As I’ve been saying climate change is a global problem and demands, by its inherent nature, a global solution. Mr Rudd’s attempts at introducing a carbon emissions scheme are proving the fact that in a global economy companies will simply pack up and move to other Asian countries that do not have any equivalent scheme.
Here’s [...]

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Maxine the Invincible, err, the Invisible

Not a blubber, not a whimper, not a catty remark, not a Left-wing rant. Where is the Maxine we all know and love?
Ever since her lip-smacking election night speech which would qualify as the most ungracious in modern Australian politics, I have really had a major gipe with Ms McKew. Every politician knows that election [...]

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Free Burma Mr Rudd

Now is the time, Mr Rudd, to act on Burma.
The world’s attention will still be Burma for a short while, but it needs to happen now.
As a new Prime Minister Mr Howard established his regional credibility by leading the liberation of East Timor. His commitment carried him through the ensuing setbacks, including the potential risk [...]

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