A summary of the case against the RSPT. The arguments can be divided into those against the idea, against the design and against the tactics used for its introduction.
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There are Pink Bats, Fabricating the Education Revolution, the Green Car Fund and others. The government is channelling Groucho Marx who said “I have learned from my mistakes. Now I can repeat them perfectly.”
What is missing so far from this debate are the constitutional implications of the proposal. If this tax becomes a reality the States will have been dealt such a blow that they might as well shut down their parliaments.
The Kimberley tidal idea and a national HVDC electricity grid is something Tony Abbott should examine seriously. This could be the sort of “nation building” concept that our Dear Leader is constantly babbling on about but seems incapable of conceptualising.
Philip Mendes: “[Overland’s contributors] form a mad hatter’s picnic of fanatical attacks on Israel and supporters of Israel followed by more fanatical attacks of the same ilk.”
Vampire disciplines found their homes within the humanities and social sciences. But they are quickly spreading to areas as diverse as law and architecture, terrorism studies and geography.
Mr Rudd’s ideology compels him to raise taxation and invent new taxes. He seems determined to impose this new tax and there will be no certainty for business until the next Coalition Government repeals it.
Paul Monk’s Quadrant essay “Christopher Andrew and the Strange Case of Roger Hollis” gained international interest and was discussed in letters to the editor from Chapman Pincher, Tennent H. Bagley, and John L. Wilhelm.
Peter Coleman has chosen “The Manner of the Worls Nowadays” by John Skelton, and “Fun and Sun” by John Betjeman. The reader is Lionel Farrell.
Having your team dress-up and pretend to be the other team is not usually a winning strategy. The whole ‘move to the centre’ maxim presupposes that the centre isn’t a moving target, when in fact it is.
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