Henry in The Australian Monday 3 September

"Last week's violence in Melbourne is merely the most visible sign of resurgent union thuggery. Far from keeping peace, the Fair Work Act is fanning conflict, allowing negotiation to descend into extortion. And far from addressing root causes, Julia Gillard and Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten are at best papering over the symptoms, at worst tolerating criminality."


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Henry in The Australian Wednesday 29 August

 "The carbon floor price is dead, but it certainly hasn't died alone. Rather, there are so many fatalities in this announcement that Canberra will need a new cemetery."

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Henry in The Australian Monday 27 August 2012:

'Reducing mining investment is not collateral damage from the carbon tax: it is integral to achieving its objective of shrinking the carbon intensive components of Australia's economy. As Treasury found, because of the tax, "the (Australian) mining sector experiences a significant decline in rates of return. As a result, investment falls significantly."'

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 A pity prosperity depends on mining

Henry in The Australian Monday 20 August 2012:

"Julia Gillard is a woman of principle: the survival principle. And if the backflip on asylum-seekers is about saving lives, the life it is intended to save is her own."

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Henry in The Australian Monday 13 August 2012:

"Displaying that Laurel and Hardy sense of timing that has brought them fame on Canberra's vaudeville circuit, Stephen Conroy and Julia Gillard closed last week contradicting each other."

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Henry in The Australian Wed 8 August:

"The genie is out of the bottle and no statistic is safe. For clutching his Gini coefficients, Wayne Swan is on the rampage. The Treasurer's fury is directed at this paper's George Megalogenis, who writing in last Thursday's edition dared suggest inequality had increased on the class warrior's watch."

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