Would Martha Stewart, Bernie Ebbers, Nixon and Trotsky have stayed on top if they'd listened to Machiavelli? Reading The Prince
Eye on Politics & Law Lords: Cash vs. Assets
Herald reporters run the rule over the sectors to see which are looking strongest: from resources to transport to gambling to Telecommunications to building to property and more ...
Analysts predict strong results from the resources sector, thanks to record bulk commodity prices last financial year and continued high demand from China's economic revolution
• Cash in the coffers, an eye on the horizon [But the marvellous Melbourne of the late 19th century, cocooned in wealth and complacency, had declined by the 1950s into drab suburban mediocrity - to a point where its tired and stifling provincialism was ripe for caricature by Barry Humphries ... But even if NSW received back all the missing $3 billion it loses in GST contributions paid to other states, would this Government know what to do with it? Sydney v Brisbane ; Although IT unemployment fell markedly over the past three years - much faster than the national rate - IT workers generally still find it more difficult to get a job than workers in other industries This is your next job ]
• · It could be a Sydney first: a prime piece of harbour-front real estate that no one wants to touch with a barge pole. The reason? The property is a ferry wharf in serious need of repair A faded gem in Sydney's property market ; Sydney's infatuation with home improvements has abruptly ended, as evidence grows that the end of the housing boom is hitting the city's economy. Renovators' nightmare for builders ; Treetops to be limit for boom-town apartments
• · · Too shy to ask for a rise? Here's what two experts say How to get a pay rise ; The Tax Office has been warned it could be sued over its attempts to rein in fees charged by service entities to professional groups such as accountants and law firms Service fee audits could be tested
• · · · Move your Mercedes off the union lawn, it's not very left wing! The Australian Labor Party: incestuous, secretive, sclerotic ; Smile for the cameras: technology and the ID card debate
• · · · · The London bombs were made with military plastic explosive. My guess is that it'll turn out to be Czech-made Semtex Nerf War and Real War: IRA vs. Al Qaeda ; Is war won by bullets or beliefs? The rule of law, not invasion, is the key. We used to read our children a book, long since lost, called Six Men. It was about a little band of men seeking a country where they could live and work in peace Justice is best weapon in fight for peace; Allen Northwood: Engadine The sooner the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs starts tattooing barcodes on our bottoms the better Government swaps fridge magnets for ID cards
• · · · · · The Palmer inquiry lays bare an inept and cruel system Cornelia Rau: the verdict; One woman caught in the net illustrates how desperately the Immigration Department needs cultural change Purgatory in Baxter