The Australian

Baghdad, Kabul and bust

Phillip Adams - July 5, 2008 - 1:00am

POUR enough blood, tears and testosterone (or oil) into the dry and dusty dunes of the Greater Middle East and you create the quicksand that’s...

The GST shows the way

Meganomics - July 5, 2008 - 1:00am

MEASURED in dollars and common sense, the task of implementing an emissions trading scheme as part of Australia’s effort in addressing climate change is no...

Nuclear-armed Iran changes world

Greg Sheridan - July 3, 2008 - 1:00am

THERE is, I would guess, somewhere between a 30 and 40 per cent chance that the Bush administration will bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities before the...

Edge of reform malaise

Meganomics - July 2, 2008 - 1:00am

YOU can almost hear the punters say, “Please, Kevin, remember what won you the election.”

Wealthy to carry can

Dennis Shannahan - July 2, 2008 - 1:00am

THE rich will bear the full burden of cutting greenhouse gases, with compensation for rising petrol and power prices caused by an emissions trading scheme...

A bitter political pill

Dennis Shannahan - July 5, 2008 - 1:00am

ROSS Garnaut yesterday correctly declared political bipartisanship was needed to make an emissions trading scheme work, and then promptly nominated an area where there is...

Selling climate plan pain

Dennis Shannahan - July 4, 2008 - 1:00am

TODAY the real debate for the Rudd Government on climate change and an emissions trading scheme begins. At the National Press Club in Canberra, Ross...

Nuclear-armed Iran changes world

Greg Sheridan - July 3, 2008 - 1:00am

THERE is, I would guess, somewhere between a 30 and 40 per cent chance that the Bush administration will bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities before the...

All must lean on Iran

Paul Kelly - July 2, 2008 - 1:00am

GEORGE W. Bush leaves the White House in six months having destroyed the power balance in the Middle East by launching a war that empowered...

Details dampen global warming goodwill

Dennis Shannahan - July 1, 2008 - 1:00am

THE closer you get to an emissions trading scheme the more difficult it becomes, whether you are a prime minister, a treasurer or a plain...