Ideas@ The Centre 3
Vol. 1 No. 3 (January, 2010) Freedom quote of the weekWhatever each man can separately do, without trespassing upon others, he has a right to do for himself ...
— Edmund Burke
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Our enigmatic charter
| 29 Jan 2010Classical liberals seem torn over whether we should introduce a federal charter of rights that lists human rights and ways to protect them. Legally protected rights are a precondition for freedom, so just why are so many liberals opposed to the idea of introducing a charter?
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Report card on Indigenous disadvantage
| 29 Jan 2010Last year, the Prime Minister failed to keep his election promise to deliver a report card on the government’s progress on Indigenous affairs on the first sitting day of Parliament. In case this happens again next Tuesday when Parliament sits for the first time in 2010, here is an alternative report card on the Rudd government’s performance in 2009 in each of the key socio-economic areas
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British bureaucracy and the baby
| 29 Jan 2010Why do British politicians think that their National Health System is so wonderful?
