Letters

  • Hayek useful in reforming bureaucracy

    The Prime Minister wants to be at the reforming centre of Australian politics ("Rudd reveals core belief", Opinion, August 8)

  • Consumer law effective in AAPT case

    David Havyatt's "AAPT's consumer role" (Letters, August 20) complains about "misleading reporting" of the AAPT case and then puts his own unique spin on that case.

  • Taxes not so bad

    There may be room for some reform of taxes on capital and corporations in Australia after the comparisons shown in the draft Henry tax reform report.

  • Escape hatch for super, please

    The often severely negative returns encountered by so many contributors to superannuation in the past financial year must prompt the federal government to step in to rectify this dreadful situation.

  • Emission sums

    A simple way to avoid allocating too many emission permits to the electricity sector ("Lessons to be learned from overseas trading scheme pitfalls", August 20) is to distribute emission intensity.

RTC model

The US appears to be putting its houses - Fannie and Freddie - in order, writes Glenn Mumford.