Ideas@The Centre 23 2012
Vol. 6 No. 23 (June, 2012) Freedom Quote of the Week'See, when the government spends money, it creates jobs; whereas when the money is left in the hands of taxpayers, God only knows what they do with it. Bake it into pies, probably. Anything to avoid creating jobs.'
— Dave Barry
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Australia’s Asian embrace
| 15 Jun 2012
As profound as the changes heralded by the dawn of the Asian Century might be, it does not require a great nation-building response from Australia - we are already deep in an Asian embrace.
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The state budget – motorways at 10 paces
| 15 Jun 2012
There are several components of the recent NSW budget that should pique your interest.
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Free to be fat
| 15 Jun 2012
The obese should pay for their obesity – through market rates, not government taxes, so that the healthy are not punished when they want to try a bacon sundae.
