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Property Rights and the Environment: Should farmers have a right to compensation?This paper examines the claim that farmers require a statutory compensation scheme to protect them from legislation designed to improve environmental outcomes.
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20th November: Take-the-rest-of-the-year-off dayNew Studies have shown that Australia works the longest hours per year than any other industrialised country, and 500 hours more than Norway. This has been linked to less productivity and less time to buy luxury goods. The recommendation is to significantly reduce the working hours per week.
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Trading in Food Safety? The impact of trade agreements on quarantine in AustraliaAustralia has always enjoyed rigorous national food standards that were applied equally to both domestically produced and imported food. The capacity to maintain and apply these standards, however, is now being undermined by international trade agreements and procedures for settling trade disputes with a result that challenges to public health are being significantly increased.
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Geosequestration: What is it and how much can it contribute to a sustainable energy policy for Australia?Examines how much emissions abatement geosequestration may be able to deliver, how soon it may be able to do so, what the cost of such abatement may be and how it compares with other energy policy options to reduce emissions. Geosequestration: Supporting on-line material
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Work and family futures: How young Australians plan to work and careA study of the attitudes of teenagers showing that the gender wars are set to continue into the next generation with boys and girls making conflicting plans about who will do the housework and look after the children.
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The Disappointment of Liberalism and the quest for inner freedomThe disappointments of money and freedom must be seen as a profound challenge to liberalism, and especially its more dogmatic child, libertarianism.
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The Accountability of Private Schools to Public ValuesConsiders some of the failings of private schools to protect public values and argues that the receipt of government funding should be contingent upon upholding them.
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Overconsumption of pet food in AustraliaDespite the fact that real incomes are increasing majority of Australians believe they cannot afford the necessities. This extends to pet care. 64% of Australians have pets; our total expenditure on our pets is $2.3b in 2002. Some pet products cost $800 and dog food can be $100kg. The luxury pet goods industry is emblematic of why Australians feel they can afford the necessities.