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Ambit Gambit
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So how cheap is renewable energy?
4th March, 2018, 10:38am
This table from Peter Rees is an interesting analysis of proposed power plants for South Australia. At a time when zealo... more
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Analysis of electricity costs for 18 and 19 January heat w
22nd January, 2018, 11:24am
This cost of the self-induced energy shortage in southern Australia over the 18-19 January was in the vicinity of $400 m... more
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Jennifer Marohasy
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Can Universities Lawfully Bully Academics into Silence?
19th June, 2018, 12:52pm
Dr Peter Ridd has taken James Cook University to court protesting his sacking for what he says is, primarily, speaking-o... more
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University Professor Sacked for Telling-the-Truth
19th May, 2018, 5:01am
BACK in 2016, when I asked Peter Ridd if he would write a chapter for the book I was editing I could not possibly have e... more
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Andrew Bartlett
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Why do you need a Content Management System?
4th August, 2016, 4:10pm
According to recent studies more than 65 percent of the web development Brisbane projects do not use a content managemen... more
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An inexpensive website freshen up
4th March, 2016, 3:22pm
Earlier this year I was approached by an organisation I volunteer for, Cochlear Implant Club and ADvisory Association ... more
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Club Troppo
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A lucky boy from a golden age of economics
19th June, 2018, 12:24pm
When the financial crisis struck, it was back to the economics Max Corden learned in the 40s and 50s — a golden age o... more
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The central bank payment system would survive any crisis:
18th June, 2018, 10:57pm
Bob Sleeper (Letters, June 15) is concerned that if central banks embraced competitive neutrality and extended to us all... more
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Skeptic Lawyer
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Marx at 200 Robespierre at 260
10th May, 2018, 12:29pm
This year is the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx (1818-1883). A recent biography of Marx (reviewed here... more
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A misconceived attack on libertarianism
23rd February, 2018, 9:52am
Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay have produced a Manifesto Against the Enemies of Modernity. There is much to agree wi... more
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En Passant
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The Turnbull government: Those who would destroy the ABC,
19th June, 2018, 7:37pm
My thoughts in Independent Australia on the Government and the Liberal Party's anti-ABC approach. They would destroy t... more
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ANU’s ‘Western Civilisation’ decision: A festival of
10th June, 2018, 8:56pm
In Independent Australia I discuss whether ANU's rejection of the Ramsay Centre's proposal is evidence that it has sacr... more
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Henry Thornton
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Inflation shock - for some
Schlock horror ... inflation surprises on the upside. Henry said in early March: 'Australia's goods...... more
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The rise of China and the decline of the West
Easter weekend has seen much press comment on the rise of China and its governance. Julia Gillard i...... more
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What The People Want
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Subtle shifts in concern
25th May, 2018, 2:49pm
Our latest polling (download from here) shows left of centre voters being more committed and unified than right of centr... more
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Labor and LNP avoided big issues in campaign
8th December, 2017, 11:41am
There are always more election campaigns available than it is possible to run. For starters there is the negative campai... more
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