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Friday, August 06, 2004
Why Labor shouldn’t budge on the FTA ßand why it’s already gone too far
Invisible Hands & Free Trades: John Quiggin: A striking Southerly Buster
Sir Humphrey: Alas, there are grave problems about circulating papers before they are written.
Two Thumbs Up to Links by APO On FTA
In Parliament today, Howard solemnly announced that five government departments had looked at Labor's proposed amendments to the FTA, and all had agreed they would be completely impossible to draft. Latham just laughed at him - he might as well have announced that his advice had come from the Liberal Party secretariat.
We've reached the point where anything coming out of the Public Service can be assumed to be propaganda on behalf of the government. This assumption isn't always correct, but when it matters, it's usually right. Labor has contributed to this trend, but things are far worse now than when Howard came to office. If Latham wins, I hope he sticks to Labor's promise to reverse this process.
• · Processes and Outcomes Haeding Overboard Barista, aka David Tiley enclosed this letter in relation to Free Rade Agreement; further he links to FTA and Copyright and Authors
• · Cash Kills Forget the old saw that cash is king: When companies hoard, the economy suffers
• · · John Quiggin More Thumbs Up
• · · · Free In The City Signs of panic from the PM
• · · · · · See Also Free economic news bar