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Investment allowance too small
Letter published in The AFR, 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
UK Paper: Obama Proposes 'Economic Suicide' for U.S. Based on 'Self-Deluding Lies' of Global Warming
The fact that America will soon be ruled by a man wholly under the spell of post-scientific hysteria may leave us in wondering despair, says Christopher Booker
Article UK Telegraph, 29 November 2008
International Conference on Climate Change
The IPE is sponsoring the Heartland Institute's International Conference on Climate Change in New York from 8-10 March 2009 to facilitate the sharing of information among climate experts and generate international media attention to the fact that many scientists believe global warming is not a crisis. More information and a link to the conference website can be found here.
Global Warming – Is it Really a Threat?
Address by Des Moore to the Australian Institute of International Affairs,
13 November 2008
Global Warming – Is it Really a Threat?
Address by Des Moore at Marcus Oldham College, 5 November 2008
Policies to be placed on the backburner
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's ambitious rescue package may see some key policies, like a carbon trading scheme, placed on the backburner, writes Des Moore
Article Courier Mail, 15 October 2008
Rudd must focus on key issues of domestic policy
Tough times in the past offer little guidance for the present worldwide crisis,
writes Des Moore
Article The Age Business, 14 October 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 AFR, 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 AFR, 7 October 2008
Financial crisis strengthens case for delaying ETS
Letter published in The Australian, 2 October 2008
Des Moore – Interview with Alan Jones on Global Warming
2GB , 23 September 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
Global Warming – Is it Really a Threat?
This address examined various arguments and claims made in support of the thesis that increasing human activity is the principal cause of increased global temperatures and that urgent government action needs to be taken to reduce (in particular) CO2 emissions. It concluded that the case has not been made and that many scientists now reject the thesis or do not accept it as providing a basis for such action. It notes that the essence of the thesis - that the increasing CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere lead inevitably to damaging increases in temperatures - is contrary to analysis showing that warming effects from increasing concentrations diminish progressively and are now very small. This analysis is generally accepted by scientists and also in the reports of the Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change.
Luncheon address to the Australia Club, 22 July 2008
Pollution cuts no good on our own
The proposed carbon trading scheme is already a failure, writes Des Moore
Article The Courier-Mail, 21 July 2008
No case for government action to cut carbon dioxide emissions
Much disagreement exists among scientists on the causes of increased temperatures since 1975. Des moore argues, based on assessing projections about the future related to the past, no case exists for government action to reduce CO2 emissions.
Submitted as an article but published as letter Business Age, 18 July 2008
Rudd needs to revisit Murray data
Letter to AFR, 16 July 2008
An Even Climate
Letter to Business Age, 16 July 2008
UN SCIENCE IS LESS THAN CONCLUSIVE ON WARMING
Is the Garnaut report a fairy story, asks Des Moore.
Article in Newcastle Herald, 11 July 2008
Questions galore on Garnaut
Letter to AFR, 8 July 2008
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS NOT NEW, FAIR OR SIMPLE
Labor is moving backwards with IR, writes Des Moore.
Article in Newcastle Herald, 1 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
FOLLOW UP TO: CHALLENGE? WHAT CHALLENGE?
2nd June 2008
CHALLENGE? WHAT CHALLENGE?
The Australian, 31st May 2008
WHAT IS THE GREATEST THREAT - GLOBAL WARMING OR TERRORISM?
Address to U3A, Batemans Bay, 17th May 2008
IT IS NOT SURPRISING IPCC'S WARNINGS ARE DISPUTED
The Australian, 30th April 2008
IS LABOR'S EDUCATION POLICY A 'REVOLUTION'
The announcement by the new federal Labor government that it proposes an "education revolution" has received wide attention. Various measures scheduled for implementation are proposed as necessary to lift the standard of education.
ON LINE opinion, 30th April 2008
'ROOT AND BRANCH' TAX REFORM NEEDS DECISIONS NOT A REVIEW
Some quick action on changes to taxation would enhance the Government's image and improve the economy
The Business Age, 24th April 2008
CAN GOVERNMENT BE RESTRAINED?
Making the state small is a huge task.
IPA Review, May 2008
WARMING THEORIES NOT CARVED IN STONE
If the 2020 Summit wants new ideas on climate change, it needs to question the international panel's science.
The Australian, 16th April 2008
PM'S WORLD TOUR GARNERS POWERFUL SUPPORTERS
The Australian, 11th April 2008
RIGID SYSTEM A RECIPE FOR DISASTER
Although Labor may be having second thoughts about some election-time policies, Workplace Relations Minister Gillard maintains her steel-like commitment to implementing "all our election policies on workplace relations".
The Australian Financial Review, 2nd April 2008
The Case for Minimal Regulation of the Labour Market
Article published in Economic Analysis and Policy, Journal of the Economic Society of Australia (Queensland) Inc,
Vol 38. No. 1, March 2008
THE CASE FOR MINIMAL REGULATION
OF THE LABOUR MARKET
Address to U3A Stonnington Centre, Melbourne, 17thMarch 2008
The Howard Government discovered, the long history of regulation of wages and employment conditions in Australia has made it particularly difficult to move away from detailed government regulation.
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
OPEN LETTER TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
UN climate conference taking the World in entirely the wrong direction
13th December 2007
THE LIBERAL PARTY - WHERE TO NOW?
Address to Australian Liberal Students Federation Conference, 9th December 2007
HOWARD POLL BRIBES ATTACKED
Election bribes have been blamed for the Howard administration's failure to practise small government says Samantha Maiden
The Australian, 5th December 2007
THE HOWARD LEGACY
What were the achievements of John Howard's term in office? What difference could or should the eleven years of the Coalition government have made to the lives of most Australians?
Counterpoint, ABC Radio National, 26th November 2007
CLIMATE CLAIM DISPUTED
Business Age, 22nd November 2007
NO NEED FOR FISCAL POLICY BRAKE
The primary responsibility for controlling inflation lies with the Reserve.
The Australian Financial Review, 20th November 2007
LABOR INFLEXIBILITY IN NON-UNION DEALS
The Australian Financial Review, 16th November 2007
WORKPLACE POLICY IS DEFINING ISSUE
Labor's claim that there is no return to the old wage system is false.
The Age, 13th November 2007
CONTROLLING INFLATION: HIGHER INTEREST RATES OR FEWER TAX CUTS AND SPENDING HAND-OUTS?
12th November 2007
RESONSE TO "UNITED, WE'LL FIGHT TOGETHER"
The Australian, 28th October 2007
NAMING THE ENEMY
THE death of Special Air Service soldier Sergeant Matthew Locke on Thursday in Afghanistan is a terrible reminder that there is rarely such a thing as a war without casualties.
The Australian, 27th October 2007
HOWARD OUR HEAVIEST TAXER
The Australian Financial Review, 24th October 2007
TIME FOR A RETHINK ON REGULATION
Striking features of the 28th HR Nicholls Society conference last week were the involvement of ex-unionists and the conclusion that a marked reduction in the regulation of employment relationships would be in the interests of businesses and workers.
Australian Financial Review, 17th 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
A WORLD AT WORK: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKPLACES
Address to Industrial Relations Society of Victoria Annual Convention, 28th September 2007
I agree that legislation should be torn up but not for the reasons advanced by the Opposition. I believe WorkChoices is not the flexible, simple and fair system that the Government has claimed it to be.
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
LABOR'S IR VISION: THE CHAOS, THEN REGRESSION
The ALP's new workplace relations plan is not much different from the old one.
Australian Financial Review, 18th 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
WHAT IS THE GREATEST THREAT -
GLOBAL WARMING OR TERRORISM?
Address to U3A Stonnington Centre, Melbourne, 14th August 2007
My first question is - how seriously should we take the recent surge - explosion might be a better word - of dire warnings of perceived threats from rising temperatures?
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
THE BURNING QUESTION
Australia's troop commitment to the war in Iraq is becoming a major election issue. The Government says our troops should stay, while the Opposition says the troops should be withdrawn. We asked four commentators for their views.
Herald Sun, 13th 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
COUNTING THE COST OF CARBON TRADING
Governments should accept responsibility for putting a price on emissions.
The Business Age, 20th April 2007
HOW BIG CAN GLOBAL CARBON MARKETS GET?
APEC Annual Conference of APEC Centres, Melbourne, 19th April 2007
I begin with a disclaimer. My disclaimer is the same as Nicholas Stern's when last month he addressed the National Press Club in Canberra. Stern then declared he was not a scientist but then proceeded not only to accept the so-called consensus but to use it to call for urgent policy action globally to reduce CO2 emissions.
WHAT IS THE GREATEST THREAT - GLOBAL WARMING OR TERRORISM?
Address to Canterbury Rotary Club, 19th March 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
CRITIQUE OF STERN REVIEW
A wide-ranging critique of the Stern Review has now been published in World Economics, the UK Journal for Current Economic Analysis www.world economics-journal.com. This Critique, which has both a scientific and economic dimension, has been
compiled by well qualified scientists and economists from various countries.
1st February 2007
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