Budget Issues
Commentary by Des Moore and letters by Des Moore, George Finlay, John George, David Hall and Greg kater published in Talking Point in The Australian (4/4) as well as articles by Peter Martin (3/4) published in The Age, by Sharri Markson (4/4) published in The Australian, and by Fleur Anderson (4/4) published in the Australian Financial Review.

Various Subjects
Commentary and letters by Des Moore published in The Age (2/4) and the Australian Financial Review (2/4), as well as articles by Lisa Cox, James Massola and Judith Ireland (2/4) published in The Age, by David Uren (2/4) published in The Australian, and by Mathew Dunckley and Michael Belby (2/4) published in the Australian Financial Review.

Increase in Terrorism Threat
Letter (9/1) and commentary by Des Moore, and article by Greg Sheridan (15/3) published in The Australian

Royal Commissions and all that
Commentary and letter by Des Moore in the Australian Financial Review (10/2) and articles by David Crowe and Henry Ergas (10/2) published in The Australian.

Union "corruption" and what to do about it
Commentary and letters in The Australian, the Australian Financial Review and The Canberra Times by Des Moore (30/1) and article by Annabel Hepworth and Ewin Hannan published in The Australian, (30/1)

Climate Change - The Debate seems to be moving along
Commentary by Des Moore, letters by Dr Peter Wilson, Michael Asten, Des Moore, Ashwin Garg, Kim Hillier, G M Derrick, Peter Clark and Terry Hassard published in Talking Point in The Australian (18/1) and an article by Tom Arup, Environmental Editor for The Age (18/1)

Jihadism
Commentary and letter in The Australian by Des Moore, 9 January 2014

Climate Change - Uncertainties About IPCC Theory Justifies Inquiry
Commentary and letter in The Australian by Des Moore (1/1) and article by Christopher Monckton posted by Anthony Watts (16/12)

Keating as ab Adviser on Floating the Dollar, Budget Deficits et al
Commentary and letter in The Australian by Des Moore (10/12), letter by John Stone in The Australian (9/12), and a number of articles by Glenda Korporaal and Paul Kelly in The Australian (6/12. 7/12, 9/12) as well as an attached article by Geoff Kitney in the Australian Financial Review (9/12)

\Regulation of Building Industry IR
and Union Registrations

Letter by Des Moore published in The Australian 14 November 2013

Climate Change & Other Matters
Commentary and letter in The Age by Des Moore (28/10), articles by Tom Allard and Mark Kenny in The Age (29/10), and Sid Maher in The Australian (30/10), Mathew Dunckley in the Australian Financial Review (31/10), Christopher Joye in the Australian Financial Review (29/10) and editorials in The Age (29/10) and Australian Financial Review (30/10)

Coalition Budget Policy
Commentary and letter (28/10) by Des Moore, articles by Adam Creighton in The Australian (26/10) and Jacob Greber and Joanna Heath in the Australian Financial Review (28/10), and a transcript of an interview with Joe Hockey by Annabel Crabb on the ABC's 7.30 Report (22/10)

Islamic Problems Extend Beyond Kenya
Commentary and letter by Des Moore and an article by Andrew Bolt published in the HERALD SUN 26 September 2013

The Islamic Problem Facing the World
Commentary by Des Moore and letter published in The Australian 25 September 2013, alongside letters by Roslyn Phillips, Peter Jacobsen, Henk Verhoeven and Richard Crispin as well as Editorial in AFP (25 Sept) and The Australian (24 Sept) and an article in The Australian by Amanda Hodge, 24 September 2013

The Challenge from the IPCC & its Supportrers
Commentary by Des Moore and letter published in the
Australian Financial Review
alongside an article by Andrew Bolt published in the Herald Sun 23 September 2013


Election Result - Senate Result to Help Abbott?
Commentary by Des Moore and letter published in the
Herald Sun
9 September 2013, alongside an article by Henry Ergas published in The Australian 9 September 2013


Workplace Pendulum
Letter by Des Moore published in The Australian 23 August 2013

Union Activity in Election Campaign
Commentary by Des Moore and letter published in the
Australian Financial Review
14 August 2013, alongside an article by Mark Skulley and Joanna Mather also published in The Australian Financial Review 12 August 2013


Rudd failed to explain the pathway to success
Letter by Des Moore published in The Australian 13 July 2013

Labours cost unless Abbott rushes reform
Letter by Des Moore published in The Australian Financial Review
12 July 2013


Treasury�s accountability
Letter by Des Moore published in The Australian 26 June 2013

Public needs to know about terrorism threat
Letter by Des Moore published in the Australian Financial Review 26 June 2013

Replace commission and boost productivity
Letter by Des Moore published in the Australian Financial Review 6 June 2013

More on Terrorism and Counter-Terrorist policies
Letter by Des Moore published in The Australian 28 May 2013

It�s difficult to discern the budget�s economic benefits
Letter by Des Moore published in The Australian 17 May 2013

Coalition�s workplace policy reflects a sensible line
Letter by Des Moore published in The Australian 11-12 May 2013

Industrial Relations - Unions in Control
Commentary by Des Moore and letter published in
The Australian
along with article by James Massola and Mark Skulley published in The Australian Financial Review 6 May 2013


Terrorism after the Bombings � Where to Now?
Commentary by Des Moore and letter published in
The Australian Financial Review
29 April 2013


Don't Mention Muslim Terrorists
Letters by Des Moore and article by Andrew Bolt published in
The Australian, The Australian Financial Review and The Herald Sun

19,22 April 2013


Price Collapse should see end of carbon tax
Letter by Des Moore published in The Australian 19 April 2013

Terrorist Involvment by Australians
Letter by Des Moore and article by Paul Maley in The Australian along with an article by Michael Brissenden for ABC TV
15/16 April 2013


Anger at Pay Push
Letter by Des Moore published in the Herald Sun
4 April 2013


Time to review policies
Letter by Des Moore published in The Australian Financial Review
26 March 2013


Last week�s fiasco was triggered by Labor�s media bills
Letter by Des Moore published in The Australian
26 March 2013


Too Much Government
Letter by Des Moore published in The Australian Financial Review
12 March 2013


Industrial Relations and the Economy
Letter by Des Moore published in The Australian Financial Review
15 February 2013


Terrorism and Extremist Islam
Letter by Des Moore and article by Colin Rubenstein published in
The Australian
11 February 2013


Hottest January Since the Last One
Letters by Des Moore and Peter Roberts published in The Australian Financial Review 8 and 4 February 2013 respectively, and article by Andrew Bolt in The Herald Sun 7 February 2013

More Workforce Dropouts
Letter by Des Moore published in The Australian Financial Review
22 January 2013


Climate Change -Doha Alarmism
Letter and commentary by Des Moore published in The Australian 6 December 2012

Union Power
Letter by Des Moore and articles by Paul Kelly, Ewin Hannan and Patricia Karvelas published in The Australian 21 & 22 November 2012

Obama - Hopes for Change
Letter by Des Moore, article by Geoff Kitney and James Massola published in The Australian and The Australian Financial Review respectively 9 November 2012

Woolcott on US/China relations
Letter by Des Moore, article by Richard Woolcott published in The Australian Financial Review 8 November 2012

Far-Right Views?
Letters by Des Moore, Chris Watson, Mervyn F Bendle, Robert Bruce Gates, Jonathan Smith and editorial published
in The Australian 3 October 2012


Fruits of mining boom already picked
Letter by Des Moore published in the Australian Financial Review
25 September 2012


Illegal Union Activity
Letter by Des Moore published in the Australian 11 September 2012

Union action needed
Letter by Des Moore published in the Australian 1 September 2012

Too Much Union Power
Letter by Des Moore published in the Australian 28 August 2012

PM should answer AWU matter
Letter by Des Moore published in the Australian Financial Review
7 August 2012


Gillard fails private sector test
Letter by Des Moore published in the Australian Financial Review
27 July 2012


Re Union Power
Letter by Des Moore published in the Australian 23 July 2012

Shorten views just outdated
Letter by Des Moore published in the Australian Financial Review
20 July 2012


The Carbon Tax & Other Threats
Letter by Des Moore published in the Australian Financial Review 12 July 2012 and additional support material

Carbon Tax: PM says change is never easy but benefits will flow
Letters by Julia Gillard and Des Moore published in The Herald Sun and The Australian Financial Review respectively, 5 July 2012

Labor Should Absorb the lessons of Whyalla
Letter published in The Australian, 4 July 2012

Carbon leadership a blow to global competitiveness
Letter published in The Australian, 30 June - 1 July 2012

Why Coalition should now change its Climate Policy
Letters published in The Australian and The Australian Financial Review, 27/28 June 2012

Readers want broad and balanced coverage
Letters (a selection) published in The Australian, 21 June 2012

Renewables blowout
Letter published in The Australian, 18 June 2012

Defence Rationale
Letter published in The Australian, 1 June 2012

Death-threat reports are indicative of the ABC's one-sidedness
Letters published in The Australian, 25 May 2012

Self-interest has been put ahead of principles
Various extracts from letters published in The Australian, 24 May 2012

State service levels differ
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 23 May 2012

Interpreting the Budget & Climate Commission
Letters published in The Australian Financial Review
and The Australian, 16 May 2012

The Future of Democracy
Letter published in The Age, 15 May 2012
and article by Paul Monk also published in The Age, 11 May 2012


Growth questions surround next Tuesday�s budget
Letter published in The Australian, 5 May 2012

Intervention needed in FWA awards
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 3 May 2012
and recent extract from 7.30 Report interview with Kathy Jackson

Gillard & Our Government
Letter by Des Moore and article by Dennis Shanahan published in
The Australian, 2 May 2012


Entitlement exaggeration
Letter published in The Australian, 26 April 2012

Flaws keep coming in FWA
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 24 April 2012

Gillard is right on budget surplus
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 20 April 2012

�Leaderless jihad� should be subject to an open debate
Letters and articles published in The Australian and AAP, 2 April 2012
in response to an article by Greg Sheridan published 31 March 2012

Devil in the detail about the deep, blue sea
Letters published in The Australian, 31 March 2012
in response to an article by Cliff Ollier published 29 March 2012

FWA Common Sense
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 30 March 2012

Is brand Labor suited to modern society?
Letters by Des Moore and John Haslem published in The Australian and
The Australian Financial Review
, 27 March 2012


Climate debate must be unfettered by obfuscation
Letter published in The Australian, 19 March 2012

Parkinson foreshadows horror budget
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 14 March 2012

Swan�s huge challenge
Letter, and Editorial, published in The Australian, 12 March 2012

Ramifications of Parkinson�s speech
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 9 March 2012

Swan avoids union ties,
The rich and shareholders
are all fair game for Swan

Letters published in The Australian and
The Australian Financial Review
, 7 March 2012


Gillard & Climate Change Policy
Letters by Grant Gascoigne, Chris Roylance and Des Moore
published in The Australian, 28 February - 1 March 2012


Opportunity on climate
Letter published in The Australian, 28 February 2012

Gonski disappoints on funding argument
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 23 February 2012

Return to bad old IR days
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 20 February 2012

FWA should be repealed
Letter by Des Moore published in
The Australian
18-19 February 2012
and article by Steve Knott in The Australian, 17 February 2012


Signs for cash rate to be lowered
Letters by Des Moore published in
The Australian Financial Review
and The Age
and by William Kininmonth in The Australian, 10 February 2012


Banks should show heart while being commercial
Letter published in The Australian, 9 February 2012

Analysts Fail to Find Heart of Matter
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 8 February 2012

Climategate email reveals doubts on data
Letters by Kininmonth, Moore and Trenberth published in
The Australian, 3-5 February 2012


Postpone carbon tax
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 24 January 2012

Get going on work laws
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 19 January 2012

Labor would do well to heed its inner critics
Letter published in The Australian, 17 January 2012

Hawke government failures send a message
Letter published in The Australian, 3 January 2012

Fair Work Act divides
Letter by Des Moore published in The Australian, 22 December 2011
and Op-Ed article by Ian Hanke in the Australian Financial Review,
21 December 2011


Labor�s IR limitations
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 19 December 2011

Durban failed to explain why models were not achieved
Letter published in The Australian, 16 December 2011

Shorten�s job may forge new IR era
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 14 December 2011

Gillard fails on need for FWA role change
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 6 December 2011

Climate Change meetings may fade away
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 29 November 2011

SHELDON, FWA and the BAD OLD DAYS
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 22 November 2011

It�s good to see the IPCC reviewing weather events
Letter published in The Australian, 21 November 2011

Keynesian ghost haunts Europe
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 15 November 2011

Under pressure, Joyce acted for the good of all
Letter published in The Australian, 2 November 2011 and editorial

Fair Work Australia and Qantas
Letter by Gerard Boyce published in The Australian,
1 November 2011 with commentary by Des Moore


Fair Work defects highlighted
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 31 October 2011

Qantas grounding highlights deficient IR laws
Letter published in The Australian, 31 October 2011

Climate scientists should engage in public debate
Letters by Des Moore, Ian Plimier, Tom Biegler, Art Raiche, Rod Cruice, William Kininmonth, Michael J Kerrigan published in The Australian, 29 October 2011

PM�s baggage of carbon tax uncertainty
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 25 October 2011

Democracy the forum of choice for the hard�working
Letter published in The Australian, 24 October 2011

Barker uses wrong gauge
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 12 October 2011

The country can�t afford to have Kevin Rudd back
Letter published in The Australian, 10 October 2011

Combet's carbon tax thesis is based on a false premise
Letter published in The Australian, 1 October 2011

Try debt delay and central bank probe
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 29 September 2011

Policy advice on IR
Letter published in The Australian, 21 September 2011

IR Ripe for Bipartisanship
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 20 September 2011

Task for a force
Letter published in The Australian, 14 September 2011

Retail union boss failed to mention the jobs slowdown
Letter published in The Australian, 7 September 2011

Unions should be opened up to competition
Letter published in The Australian, 30 August 2011

Inquiry overdue on central banks� role
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 26 August 2011

Parents the missing element in toxic culture
Letter published in The Australian, 12 August 2011

Catching European, US disease
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 12 August 2011

Our debt lessons of the past are quickly forgotten
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 9 August 2011

Multiculturalism is a relative,
not an absolute good.

Letter published in The Australian, 1 August 2011

Will tax cut carbon, how much and at what real cost?
Letter published in The Australian, 13 June 2011

Climate Change & Public Service - Attacks on Critics
Letters published in The Australian Financial Review and The Australian, 3 June 2011 and comment

Garnaut�s claims are incorrect
Letters published in The Australian Financial Review and The Australian, 2 June 2011

Karoly�s climate view not backed by all scientists
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 25 May 2011 and comment

Climate Puzzle
Letter published in The Australian, 18 May 2011 and comment

Climate Change Policy - Alternatives
Des Moore responds to letters published in The Australian Financial Review, 4 and 13 May 2011

Swan�s irresponsible budget leaves nanny state untouched, passes the buck to Reserve Bank
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 12 May 2011

Swan�s irresponsible budget leaves nanny state untouched, passes the buck to Reserve Bank
Letter published in The Australian, 12 May 2011

Carbon: marching in unison makes the most sense
Letter published in The Australian, 18 April 2011

Possible carbon exemptions
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 13 April 2011

Need for review of Garnaut policies
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 25 March 2011

Garnaut�s carbon price plan
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 21 March 2011

This is either a bribe or the fairest way to clean air
Letter published in The Australian, 19 March 2011

Letter published in the Australian
9 March 2011

Minimum Wage Too High
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 9 March 2011

Carbon confidence queries
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 1 March 2011

Multiculturalism
Letter published in The Australian, 19 February 2011

Garnaut�s carbon call problematic
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 4 February 2011

The test is whether flood levy money is spent wisely
Letter published in The Australian, 31 January 2011

Clusters analysis a must for Qld inquiry
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 24 January 2011

No agreement from Cancun
Letter published in The Herald Sun, 14 December 2010

Coastal concerns somewhat overblown
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 14 December 2010

Essential Reading
Letter published in The Australian, 10 December 2010

What consensus?
Letters published in The Australian, 8 December 2010

Victoria had recession in past two years
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 2 December 2010

Nothing wrong in ensuring
return on capital spent

Letter published in The Australian, 27 November 2010

Islamism is the most important issue we face
Letter published in The Australian, 3 November 2010

Gillard is guilty of a little backsliding herself
Letter published in The Australian, 27 October 2010

Let�s review Basin laws
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 22 October 2010

Climate Change: Royal Society view
Letters published in The Australian, 9 October 2010

Expenditure focus as vital as tax reform
Letter published in The Australian, 2 October 2010

Delay needed on carbon price
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 29 September 2010

Recipe for uncertainty
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 22 September 2010

Cost of subsidies confuses carbon price debate
Letter published in The Australian, 18 September 2010

Our only protection
Letter published in The Australian, 14 September 2010

What's wrong with a restraint on spending?
Letter published in The Australian, 10 August 2010

PM�s climate consensus
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 9 August 2010

CSIRO -View on Temperature Trends
unpublished letter sent to CSIRO Chief Research Officer Paul Fraser,
28 July 2010


PM Citizens assembly is just plain silly
Letter published in The Australian, 26 July 2010

Honesty charter tests Swan
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 20 July 2010

Consensus on ETS unlikely
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 13 July 2010

Investment in new coal-fired power stations
Letter published in The Australian, 13 July 2010

In praise of coal
Letter published in The Age, 12 July 2010

Gillard must test belief in CO2 output
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 30 June 2010

Confidence Base Disappears under PM
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 17 June 2010

Hypothecation call does not stand up
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 31 May 2010

Quit headline-grabbing and focus on the facts
Letter published in The Australian, 25 May 2010

The science is in, Greg
Letter published in The Australian, 7 May 2010

Rudd made ETS about politics rather than policy
Letter published in The Australian, 30 April 2010

PM�s health plan looks a bit sick
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 15 April 2010

Australians do not want welfare migrants
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 9 April 2010

Population
Letter published in The Australian, 8 April 2010

Quiggin�s strange claim
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 17 March 2010

With so many employers, its a worker's market
Letter published in The Australian, 20 February 2010

Australia needs own independent inquiry into climate
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 9 February 2010

Simple errors in carbon debate
Letter published in The Australian, 31 December 2009

Swan�s positive stimulus claim rocky
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 18 December 2009

Rudd�s ministers must go nuclear
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 14 December 2009

Climate debate needs rationality
on both sides

Letter published in The Australian, 2 December 2009

Independent Inquiry needed into IPCC
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 1 December 2009

Climate change is no plaything
Letter published in The Australian, 23 November 2009

Sea level scares before Copenhagen
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 19 November 2009

The Science of sea levels
Letter published in The Australian, 9 November 2009

RBA avoidance of future moral hazards
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 30 October 2009

Questions on climate debate
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 13 October 2009

Time to cool off on climate
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 30 September 2009

Copenhagen
Letter published in The Australian, 22 September 2009

Fielding�s climate check wants backing
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 18 September 2009

A time for Turnbull to lead, not to equivocate on policy
Letter published in The Australian, 17 September 2009

Let's hope next G20 answers credit, debt expansion
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 9 September 2009

RET will make electricity more costly, less reliable
Letter published in The Australian, 20 August 2009

Emissions policy a costly cock-up
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 19 August 2009

The grave problem of votes
Letter published in The Australian, 17 August 2009

Facts in the way of carbon 'science'
Letter published in The Herald Sun, 15 August 2009

Deceptive airs hover over reef
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 12 August 2009

Rudd's Utterly False Theology
Letter published in The Australian, 4 August 2009

ETS vote is premature; there's more work to be done
Letter published in The Australian, 24 July 2009

Pervasive doubts rule climate debate
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 13 July 2009

Warming evidence on shaky ground
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 3 July 2009

Will PM honour pledge to take over public hospitals?
Letter published in The Australian, 3 July 2009

Most Talked About - The Ute Affair
Letter published in The Australian, 23 June 2009

IPCC science not sacrosanct
Letter blog published in The Australian Online, 12 June 2009

IPCC reports have all that Fielding needs to know
Letter blog published in The Australian Online, 11 June 2009

Basic flaws in climate gospel
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 16 June 2009

Free-for-all best option
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 5 May 2009

Stimulation may not cut the mustard
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 21 April 2009

To do nothing is now a sensible option,
Mr Rudd

Letter published in The Australian, 11 April 2009

Sorting out this G20
Letter published in The Australian, 6 April 2009

RBA must revisit monetary policy or end with a bust
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 6 April 2009

Rudd must stick to basics, not sideshows
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 13 March 2009

My budget plan for confidence
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 16 February 2009

Rudd's reality: keep business going
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 10 February 2009

Keating aware of recessionary risks
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 27 January 2009

Unemployment will rise to above 11pc
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 19 January 2009

Investment allowance too small
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 16 December 2008

The Climate Agenda
Letter published in The Australian, 13 December 2008

Letter on Opposition Policies
Letter published in The Australian, 8 December 2008

Independent Inquiry Must Precede ETS
Letter published in The Australian Financial Review, 3 December 2008

Global Warming - What Are the Facts?
Letter published in The Australian, 2 December 2008

Australia appears to be quite vulnerable on exports front
Letter published in The Australian, 10 October 2008

Keep perspective on exports to China
Letter published in Australian Financial Review, 10 October 2008

Free marketeers support some legislative controls
Letter published in The Australian, 7 October 2008

Conditions necessary for BAF funding
Letter published in the Australian Financial Review, 7 October 2008

Financial crisis strengthens case for delaying ETS
Letter published in The Australian, 2 October 2008

Emissions trading: the case for delay
Letter published in The Age and also The Australian, 22 September 2008

Where does the Scientific Consensus lie?
Letter to The Australian , 10 September 2008

Rejection of IPCC claims by top scientists go unreported
Letter to The Age , 10 September 2008 (not published)

Uncertainties Cloud Emissions Trading
Letter to AFR, 4 August 2008

Significant Errors in IPCC Reports
Letter to Business Age, 29 July 2008

Rudd needs to revisit Murray data
Letter to AFR, 16 July 2008

An Even Climate
Letter to Business Age, 16 July 2008

Questions galore on Garnaut
Letter to AFR, 8 July 2008

WIDEN THE LENS
Letter to The Age, 23 June 2008

NEW, FAIR AND SIMPLE? NO
The Australian, 18th June 2008

LABOR MOVES BACKWARDS IN IR
Australian Financial Review, 18th June 2008

CHALLENGE? WHAT CHALLENGE?
The Australian, 31st May 2008

IT IS NOT SURPRISING IPCC'S WARNINGS ARE DISPUTED
The Australian, 30th April 2008

PM'S WORLD TOUR GARNERS POWERFUL SUPPORTERS
The Australian, 11th April 2008

GARNAUT NEEDS CRITICAL SCAN
Australian Financial Review, 29th February 2008

WORKPLACE BACKFLIPS
The Australian, 21st February 2008

SORRY, RUDD CLAIMS NEED TESTING
Australian Financial Review, 18th February 2008

RUDD: DON'T BURY HOWARD DEFENCE PLAN
Australian Financial Review, 31st January 2008

THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE TO RELIANCE ON SPENDING CUTS
The Australian, 25th January 2008

PM MAY BREAK ONE PROMISE TO KEEP ANOTHER
The Australian, 23rd January 2008

WHY GIVE THE STATES A BRIBE WHEN MOST ARE IN SURPLUS?
The Australian, 16th January 2008

LIBS MUST RETURN TO ROOTS
The Australian, 11th January 2008

LABOR DEPENDENCE ON GARNAUT MISGUIDED
Australian Financial Review, 7th January 2008

STILL NO CONSENSUS ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
The Australian, 17th December 2007

CLIMATE CLAIM DISPUTED
Business Age, 22nd November 2007

LABOR INFLEXIBILITY IN NON-UNION DEALS
The Australian Financial Review, 16th November 2007

RESONSE TO "UNITED, WE'LL FIGHT TOGETHER"
The Australian, 28th October 2007

HOWARD OUR HEAVIEST TAXER
The Australian Financial Review, 24th October 2007

WORK CHOICES COMES TO BITE COALITION
That thousands of employers face massive claims for backpay surely reflects a failure by the government to understand the award system
The Australian Financial Review, 4th October 2007

IT MAYBE TIME FOR LABOR TO PRODUCE A THIRD IR POLICY
The Australian , 29th September 2007

LABOR IR WIDE OPEN TO SCRUTINY
Labor's IR policy is wide open to questioning as to its potential adverse economic and social effects.
The Australian Financial Review, 26th September 2007

REGULATOR FORGETS COMPETITIVE ROOTS
Little wonder that the confused analysis of federalism by Alan Fels and Fred Brenchley (Opinion, August 28)leads them to call for both political leaders to set out their ideas in "far more detail"
The Australian Financial Review, 4th September 2007

WHY DO STATES NEED BRIBES ACT IN THEIR OWN INTEREST?
The Australian , 24th August 2007

IPCC NEEDS REVISED STATS
John Quiggin suggests ("Denial industry in full cry", 16 August) that the many dissenters from those Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change believers in human activity being the main cause of temperatures increases have not survived scientific scrutiny.
The Australian Financial Review, 17th August 2007

WAKE UP TO IR'S NEW WORLD
Democrats Senator Andrew Murray argues that workplace relations agreements should be regulated by statute law not common law ("Solid law, solid judgement", 23 July)
The Australian Financial Review, 26th July 2007

FALSE PREMISE FOR AWA ANALYSIS
Steven Scott reports ("AWAs can cut pay - and union influence", July 16 ) an analysis by David Peetz and Alison Preston, commissioned by the Victorian government, showing that last year employees on Australian workplace agreements (AWAs) earned 16.3 per cent less than those on collective agreements. However, this comparison is for the median earning level and, like all average-type comparisons, it raises a question as to its significance.
The Australian Financial Review, 17th July 2007

MY HIT, YOUR MYTH
Letters from Mike Martin and Brent Howard ("Climate truths are not subject to vote", June 20 and "Moore fails to hail climate specialists", June 21) bring to mind the now dated 1967 hit song I'm a believer by the Monkees.
The Australian Financial Review, 22nd June 2007

UNDERPLAYING RISKS
Tom Allard asks (The Vicious Circle, The Age, 11 June) whether political leaders, the media and the security agencies have exaggerated the security threat and quotes Hugh White as describing terrorism as a very serious challenge but not a threat to our way of lives or values.
The Age, 12th June 2007

Absolution, please
David Bell alleges (Letters, 8 June) that, in addition to failing to prostrate myself before the scientific gods who preach the solution to global warming, I have sinned by supporting various policies that add to such warming.
The Australian Financial Review, 12th June 2007

Shortcomings of Report
While the Emissions Trading report makes some valuable points about global warming, it has two very important defects.
The Australian Financial Review, 7th June 2007

Emissions Trading Report
While the Emissions Trading report makes some valuable points about global warming, it has two very important defects.
The Australian, 6th June 2007

What about the Pillowtalk?
QUESTIONS still surround Therese Rein's decision to sell the Australian arm of her job placement business.
Herld Sun, 5th June 2007

Rudd Outcome Still a Puzzle
In Therese Rein's decision to sell her Australian job placement business I am puzzled by the different explanations of how the 45 cent gap occurred between the award and the contract entitlements of staff employed by Work Directions, not to mention what terms have actually been offered to actual and prospective employees.
The Australian Financial Review, 29th May 2007

Labor Way Unfair and Unworkable
The Australian Financial Review, 4th May 2007

Not a Fair Cop
The Age, 30th April 2007
The Australian, 30th April 2007

Beware Alarmist Believers
Your report of [Sir] Arvi Parbo's address at the launch at Parliament House in Canberra of Nine Facts About Climate Change by Ray Evans was remarkable for its inaccuracy and neglect of important points made by him and others in question time
The Australian Financial Review, 2nd March 2007

Peer Review System Fails to Convince on Climate Change when the Reviewers are of Like Mind
The Business Age, 20th February 2007

History replete with gloomy predictions
Tracy Sutherland's report ("Industry Baffled by Climate Policy: Rudd", February 3) includes a comment by Opposition environment spokesman Peter Garrett that business is concerned because it does not know where the government is going on climate change. Correct.
The Australian Financial Review, 13th February 2007

No scientific consensus
It is a privilege to have a letter published in The Age, even if it was heavily edited and took second place to the attack on free market capitalism
The Age, 5th February 2007

Fudging the Figures
The Australian, 2nd February 2007

1976 and all that
It will doubtless surprise some to recall that, after trying to persuade the Whitlam Government to adopt responsible economic policies, Treasury had to make similar persuasive attempts with its successor - and experienced not dissimilar reactions.
The Australian, 3rd January 2007

A Bureaucratic Mix-up
The Australian Financial Review, 11th December 2006

A Difference To Suit The Vic Liberals
Your editorial analysis of the Victorian election result is full of unexplained generalisations such as that the 'Liberals failed to knuckle down' or 'failed to seize the political opportunities that came their way'.
The Australian Financial Review, 28th November 2006

Climate Dissent
Stephen Mare asks ("Climate Evidence", Letters, November 3) what if I am wrong in questioning the Stern report's proposal to take urgent and dramatic action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
The Australian Financial Review, 9th November 2006

Global Warming
CSIRO's Kevin Hennessy suggests (Letters,2/11) my unawareness of many scientific papers identifying causes of the past 30 years' global warming.
The Age, 4th November 2006

Stern's Gloom needs considered response
History is replete with predictions of disaster by scientists, preachers and others unless we humans restrain ourselves.
The Australian Financial Review, 1st November 2006

We bear highest tax in our history
Treasurer Peter Costello issued a press release claiming the federal government had reduced its taxes from 23.1 per cent of GDP in 1996-97 to 21.0 per cent in 2004-05.
The Australian Financial Review, 18th October 2006

Private Enterprise's Role in the State
Michael Baume rightly suggests (Opinion, September 18) that Liberal election success at the state level may depend on realising that state government is all about service delivery, not political posturing. He then argues the need for recruiting prominent people.
The Australian Financial Review, 20th September 2006

Welfare, Tax Crimps Sweden
Geoff Kitney claims (Casual style forges more ties, September 7) "Sweden has one of the best performing economies in the world growing at more than 5.5 per cent and low unemployment by European standards (about 6 per cent), despite having one of the highest tax rates in the world...
The Australian Financial Review, 12th Septmber 2006

A Spell That Works
You report the Liberal Party is meeting to examine its prolonged absence from office in the states
The Australian Financial Review, 31st August 2006

Queensland Better Off With More Private Hospitals
Building hospitals in Queensland has apparently become fashionable at election time
The Australian Financial Review, 29th August 2006

Not That Much To Treasure
Liberal senator Mitch Fifield's strong support of Treasurer Costello (Costello can become a PM to treasure, 12 July) is not surprising given that he worked for him and obtained pre-selection with Costello's backing.
The Australian Financial Review, 14th July 2006

The Accord And Employment
Quadrant, June 2006

Australia In Better Shape Than Europe
While noting that the Organisation for Economic Development's OECD's Employment Outlook for 2006 appears to support Opposition Leader Kim Beazley in his attack on Work Choices, Alan Mitchell rightly points out that the Outlook "abstracts from the interaction between labour market policies and macro-economic policies and conditions."
The Australian Financial Review, 26th June 2006

OECD Report No Argument For Labour Regulation
Excitement has been aroused in some quarters by the just-published Employment Outlook for 2006 by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
The Age, 26th June 2006

Work Coices fails unskilled who want to join workforce
You are dead right when you say in your editorial ("Out with the old"): "Work Choice is hardly revolutionary".
The Australian, 11th March 2006

In Defence of the Grants Commission
Whoever heard of a government imposing higher taxes to make itself more efficient and attractive to investors? This is apparently favoured by Alan Mitchell (6 March) as the economic rationalist approach to fiscal equalisation. What he should have said is that it would be the end of that policy.
Australian Financial Review, 8th March 2006

Queensland Rail
Indeed, with QR required by the Queensland Competition Authority to allow access to its rail network and thus face freight competition from Pacific National, Mr Beattie was spurred to ask - "What's wrong with competition between the public sector and the private sector?"
Australian Financial Review, 17th February 2006

Lowering tax rates
The National Party's support for lowering tax rates rather than increasing family tax benefits as favoured by Treasurer Costello is welcome.
The Australian, 13th January 2006

One-sided view of history
Mike Steketee correctly points out ("Loans affair is not the whole story",Opinion,5/1) that the 1975 cabinet documents released by National Archives provide little indication of the traumatic events of that year and, astonishingly, nothing related to the loans affair that came to a head in 1975.
The Australian, 6th January 2006

Excessive Benefits
In Lies and Statistics (15 October) John Black refers to the alarming extent of middle class welfare identified in my report to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Australian Finacial Review, 20th October 2005

2006-07 Pre-Budget Submissions
My May 2005 report to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on "Commonwealth Spending (And Taxes) Can Be Cut - And Should Be" outlined the strong case that exists, on both economic and social grounds, for Australia to move towards a small government society.
16th October 2005

NSW Share on GST is Fair
The latest outburst certainly suggests some sensitivity about the fact that NSW does not receive back from the Commonwealth the full amount of GST collected in the state.
The Australian, 29th September 2005

So much for Social Justice
Why do the low-skilled find it so difficult to get jobs?
The Australian, 21st September 2005

Flexible work deals a success
Federal Labor shadow treasurer Wayne Swan asserts that there is no connection between labour productivity growth and more flexible contract arrangements in workplace relations (Opinion August 9) and suggests that New Zealand's experience establishes that. However, he overlooks two important points.
The Australian Financial Review, 11th August 2005

Bargaining Power
Josh Bernstein argues (Opinion 27/7) that other than in exceptional cases employees do not have equal bargaining power with employers when negotiating individual contracts. He supports his argument by referring to an 18th century judgment commenting on the position of necessitous men. But things have moved on since then.
The Age, 28th July 2005

Letter to the Prime Minister
In your reply of 10 April to our letter of 11 February you said the government is examining possible changes to "the way the minimum wage is adjusted". Comments both before and since the date of your letter by the Minister for Workplace Relations suggest that he is considering a UK Low Pay Commission model.
22nd April 2005

Low-pay Reasoning Awry
Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews says Britain's Low Pay Commission adopts economic rigour in its recommendations on the UK minimum wage (April 13). This, he claims, means that the commission "would appear to have been striking the right balance between the needs of the low-paid and unemployed". However, it is difficult to see how he reached that conclusion.
Australian Financial Review, 19th April 2005

Minimum Wage
Your editorial (8th March) states that "nobody, at least not us, argues for a US-style minimum wage that essentially creates a class of working poor". But my 1998 report to the Labour Ministers Council showed this perceived creation of the US system to be a myth.
The Australian, 8th March 2005

Whitlam and Cairns - what really happened in 1974!
On 10 December 2004 National Archives of Australia held a ceremony at which Cabinet and Treasury documents relating to 1974 were released, under embargo until 1 January 2005, to accredited journalists.
The Australian, 11th January 2005

Letter from the Prime Minister
Let me assure you that further workplace relations reform is a key priority for the government. The reform that the government has instigated since 1996 has created a workplace relations environment that has underpinned Australia's strong economic performance
14th December 2004

The 'Ayatollahs' of IR
Paul Heinrich reports an address by Bob Hawke pleading that Prime Minister Howard discuss IR reforms with the ACTU and avoid taking a confrontationist road. He also reports Justice Michael Kirby's provocative remarks to the same conference that "there is no room in this nation for industrial ayatollahs who wanted a radical overhaul of workplace relations laws".
Sunday Age, 31st October 2004

No Ayatollahs Here
Paul Robinson's report on the Centenary Convention of Conciliation and Arbitration (PM Backs Qantas on Strike Staff, 23 October) stated that Justice Michael Kirby's comment that there is "no room in this nation for industrial ayatollahs" was a veiled reference to conservative economists at the Institute for Private Enterprise.
The Age, 27th October 2004

Time to Let Bosses and Workers Make the Choices
At the Centenary Convention of Conciliation and Arbitration, Justice Michael Kirby reportedly suggested there is "no room in this nation for industrial ayatollahs" who want a radical overhaul of workplace relations laws.
Sydney Morning Herald, 25th October 2004

AIRC partly to Blame for Jobless
Larissa Andelman suggests (IR reform misguided, 18 Oct) that industrial relations reform will "hit the lowest paid, who are predominantly women and young people" and she complains about the wage of $27,000 being paid to call centre workers.
Australian Financial Review, 25th October 2004

Kirby's World
Justice Michael Kirby commented that there is "no room in this nation for industrial ayatollahs" who want a radical overhaul of workplace relations laws.
The Australian, 25th October 2004

Treasurer's Pessimism a Surprise
Australian Financial Review
20th October 2004

Look on the Bright Side
Is Treasurer Peter Costello correct in asserting that Treasury is pretty optimistic in forecasting "uninterrupted growth for the next four years" averaging 3.5 percent per annum?
The Australian, 18th October 2004

We needed China-style Float Policy
As one of three recalcitrant senior Treasury officers summoned in December 1983 to Cabinet, we were quickly informed that the exchange rate would float and virtually all exchange controls removed.
The Australian Financial Review, 15th December 2003

They want to bring down the US not just for what it does, but for what it is The USA has made plain its determination to extirpate terrorism, wherever it lurks and however long it takes. So we must expect many follow-ups to Afghanistan, with various actions in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
The Age, 12th December 2001

Australian Financial Review, 1st August 2001

Australian Financial Review, 2nd January 2001.
Greg Combet is puzzled that the new Federal Minister for Workplace Relations, Tony Abbott could find "baffling" the existing arrangements for regulating employer-employee arrangements.

Sunday Age, 9th January 2000

Figures debatable on employee hours
15 November 1999

Reform needed in subsidies to the arts
20 August 1999

Long Bow on UK
The UK labour market is performing better than Stephen Long portrays.
21 July 1999

Two letters on Police Policy
The Age & Herald Sun 21 July 1999

A Long Way to go in IR Reform
BRW 28 May 1999

Low-paid jobs the answer
AFR 7 May 1999

Finding the right employee is nothing short of hard labour
(AFR 23/4/99)

Stress? Overall we're working less
Herald Sun 12 Novembner 1998

The case for labour market deregulation
AFR 11 11 November 1998

The Right Way to Higher Wages
AFR 4 November 1998






The right way to higher wages

AFR 4/11/98

Peter Roberts' suggestion ("Labour costs not a worry", AFR Opinion, November 2) that "high wages are simply not a problem for Australia" overlooks the productivity side of the equation. Even at relatively low wages, Australian companies can be uncompetitive if our productivity is lower than our competitors. There are ample studies showing that this is the case.

Moreover, a major reason for this is undoubtedly our archaic, regulated labour-market arrangements. Those arrangements have made the introduction of innovative changes a risky and expensive operation. If we reduce the high degree of intervention of third parties in workplace management, we may then see what Roberts wants, viz "more companies making products that allow them to pay high ones (wages)".









The case for labour market deregulation

(AFR 11/11/98)

Des Moore, formerly a deputy secretary of the Commonwealth Treasury and now director of the Institute for Private Enterprise, posits his Treasury Seminar, a precursor to the yet-to-be-released analysis of labour market deregulation commissioned by State and federal labour ministers.

Australia's labour market institutions and policies are probably an important explanation of our mediocre economic performance historically, and our below, par productivity levels. Those generally low productivity levels indicate, however, the potential for improvement if third party intervention in the labour market is reduced to a minimum. The higher employment levels in less regulated labour markets, such as the US, the UK and New Zealand, also point to the potential for improvement While radical workplace reform can be undertaken within the existing Australian system, the bulk of Australian enterprises, and their employees, need the 'stimulus' from having to work in a much reduced regulatory environment.

In any event, if the existing system can be "got around", why are we retaining it? However, the history of labour market arrangements in Australia, the entrenched pressure groups which still wield considerable influence and the grossly — exaggerated picture that has been built up about the likelihood of serious adverse social effects from deregulation, make it a politically risky venture.Tomorrow John Carroll, Roy Green and Wolfgang Kasper respond.




Stress? Overall we're working less

(Herald Sun 12/11/98)

The ACTU today launches a campaign against workplace stress. DES MOORE claims average work hours are shorter — and working lives too.

The ACTU is claiming in its campaign being launched today by secretary Bill Kelty, that there is increasing stress at the workplace. Indeed, the ACTU is asking workers to ban overtime as part of "national overload" day. But many claims being made by the ACTU are either inaccurate or grossly exaggerated, particularly regarding ordinary workers.

For one thing, while a higher proportion of people are working long hours, the majority of those are in managerial or professional positions who would expect to work longer hours no matter what labor market regulations apply. Does Bill Kelty, as a professional, work the standard 38-hour week? Is he unduly stressed? The ACTU also overlooks the self-employed, who make up 10 per cent of allemployees and who naturally tend to work longer hours.

In fact, average hours worked per employee continue to decline gradually and are now down to about 36 hours a week, compared with 38 hours 25 years ago. Moreover, the average working life has declined over the past 50 years.People are now retiring much earlier (starting from around 45 years) are starting work much later. From an average of 50 years, the average Working life is now approaching 35 years. We now work more intensively during the working period, but as we move towards the leisured society, that comprises a shorter period of work during the prime of life. Also, with a much higher proportion of employment in the service sector (over 70 per cent) work tends to be less physically demanding than the predominantly production and laboring jobs of earlier times.

partly reflects the substitution of higher up-front pay as a result of the cashing out of overtime provisions in awards. Also, more than 70 per cent of unpaid overtime is worked by those in managerial and professional positions. The ACTU. is desperately trying to re-establish a role for itself. But such exaggerated campaigns will only further undermine its severely damaged credibility.

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