Paul Malone

It is a high calling to govern

Paul Malone AS WE watch events unfold before the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption and follow the court appearances of former Labor federal backbencher Craig Thomson and former Liberal member and...

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It's IT's little things that annoy

Paul Malone 'ADOBE Flash Player Update Available.'' Is there any more annoying pop-up on your computer screen than this notice?

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When perceptions don't add up

Paul Malone POLLS repeatedly show the public believes the Coalition is best able to manage the Australian economy.

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Trials of taxing a passing phase

Paul Malone TO FORECAST revenue from the Mining Resource Rent Tax (MRRT), start by sacrificing a goat and scattering its entrails, Deloitte Access Economics suggested in November 2011.

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Keating consumed with bitterness

Paul Malone It seems former prime minister Bob Hawke and treasurer Paul Keating will never be reconciled, with the two still at odds over events from nearly 30 years ago.

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It's the season for giving, for some

Paul Malone Many years ago I did a deal with my sisters: You don't give me any Christmas or birthday presents and I won't inflict any on you either.

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An Asian vision blinkered by greed

Paul Malone The white paper on Australia in the Asian Century is a catalogue of things Australians can do to benefit from changes happening in Asia.

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Media balance at a tipping point

Paul Malone WATCHING the commercial television news, you have to wonder what chance doctors and scientists have of informing the community about the real health risks we face.

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Howard's sketchy memory on Iraq

Paul Malone EVERY politician tries to rewrite history to his or her own advantage but if the rewrite is too far-fetched, they are likely to get caught out.

Army chiefs must avoid politics

Paul Malone If you want to spark interest in a conference there are few better ways to do so than a front-page splash in a newspaper.

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Greens machine rolls on

Paul Malone WITH the departure of Greens leader Bob Brown, conservatives might be tempted to conclude that the radical left party will go the way of the Australian Democrats and fade from the Australian...

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Down and dirty in parliament

Paul Malone YOUTUBE wasn't around in April 1939 when Earle Page launched his attack on United Australia Party Leader Robert Menzies, but had it been, the speech certainly would have flashed around the country,...

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Liberals should turn to Turnbull

Paul Malone THE BOWLING club at Ocean Grove south of Geelong is hardly a hive of political activity but a fortnight ago its meeting room was packed to capacity to hear a talk on the National Broadband Network.

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Service of unreasonable demands

Paul Malone THERE was widespread rejoicing in the Industry Department back in 1994 when the minister, Alan Griffiths, announced his resignation.

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Face up to facts: euro cannot last

Paul Malone Investor and philanthropist George Soros's has a better understanding of the world's financial systems than most.

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To the Afghans, it’s us and them

Paul Malone Does the Afghan government regard the countries that are participating in the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan as its allies?

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More help is needed for refugees

Paul Malone The government's announcement last month that it would increase Australia's humanitarian immigration intake in 2012-13 attracted little debate in the frenzied atmosphere of the decision to reopen the...

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The Queen as leadership model

Paul Malone Most people living in the British Empire and Commonwealth countries over the past 200 years would not give a second thought to having a woman as head of state.

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No justification for kangaroo cull

PAUL MALONE A FEW YEARS back the long-running drought was used by ACT authorities to justify the killing of kangaroos living on two Defence Department sites in the territory.