GST should be in this year's tax summit

Comments on Annabel Hepworth and Siobhain Ryan “Call to put GST in tax summit”, 31/01/2011, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/call-to-put-gst-in-tax-summit/story-fn59niix-1225997120225

While including GST in the tax summit this year is without doubt a perfect argument, some of the arguments here or in the Henry tax review report are just purely elementary school economics or

No alarm for Australia's aged care

Comments on Mike Steketee “Problem of the ageing boomers won't go away”, 29/01/2011, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/problem-of-the-ageing-boomers-wont-go-away/story-e6frg6zo-1225996154932

Australia should not be too alarmed by the so called population aging issue.

Australia is different from Japan and most Western European nations because of its capacity to absorb immigration.

Gillard's sinking PM leadership

Comments on Jennifer Hewett “Gillard's smooth sell upset by a few critics”, 29/01/2011, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/gillards-smooth-sell-upset-by-a/story-e6frg6zo-1225996389875

A very nice and can I say balanced analysis of Gillard's levy tax.

Gillard, though smart enough, has shown an unfortunate tendency to do stupid things, such as the BER school halls huge wastes under her

More stringent constraints needed on government's wants to increase taxation

Comments on Stephen Bartholomeusz “Gillard's spinning in a straitjacket”, 28/01/2011, http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Julia-Gillard-floods-levy-politics-pd20110127-DH7J5?OpenDocument&src=sph&src=rot

There should be more stringent constraints on any government that does spin and hurts taxpayers.

There should be more stringent constraints on any government that wants to

Gender inequality and equality

Comments on Steve Harris “Find room at the top for women”, 27/01/2011, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/find-room-at-the-top-for-women/story-e6frg6zo-1225995061393

This kind of mechanical approach to gender equality, that is, by "fixed targets of 40 per cent female representation on boards and senior management teams for July 2013 for all publicly funded bodies, and July 2015 for all

Freer trade - why so difficult to reach international agreements?

Comments on Craig Emerson “Doha round key to continuing global prosperity”, 27/01/2011, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/doha-round-key-to-continuing-global-prosperity/story-e6frg6zo-1225995061033

While it is a matter of faith for free trade and free market, there is always a puzzle for the fact that if free trade is such panacea to economic growth and welfare why it has always been

Say no to SGX taking over ASX

Comments on Maurice Newman “Say yes to Singapore merger or risk irrelevance”, 27/01/2011, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/say-yes-to-singapore-merger-or-risk-irrelevance/story-e6frg6zo-1225995058830

It is rubbish, isn't it?

Come on! It is not a merger, is it?

Some commentator have pointed out that SGX is smaller than ASX and is less efficient that ASX. So why should the ASX be