Essentially, dumping puts Australia companies at a significant disadvantage because they cant compete against these cheap below-cost imports. Examples of goods which have recently been found to have been dumped in Australia include glass, toilet paper, steel, oranges and preserved mushrooms. With over 100,000 Australian manufacturing jobs lost since 2008, it is now more important...

This policy position argues that labeling laws should allow consumers the opportunity to know the origins of the food they are purchasing and consuming.

There's one first Australians shouldn't be proud of -- we're number 1 in the world with per capita gambling losses and problem gambling. Poker machines cause too much damage already. Online gambling -- including sports betting -- can dramatically increase the damage to the community.

The poker machines industry is an industry based on exploitation and greed. No matter how powerful and cashed up the pokies lobby is, the fact is most Australians want to see sensible practical reforms to curb the damage caused by pokies.

Foreign investment clearly can play an important role in developing Australia's economy. But the issue is that the current foreign investment rules are too lax and too vague to protect the national interest. Australia needs to be aware of how much of our agricultural land we are selling and to whom, so that we can...