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Editorial TeamMay 10, 20146 min read

Bureaucracy’s “little Hitlers” Sir, The conclusion of Dr Hal G.P. Colebatch’s article (“Kansas Jewish student refused entry to Britain”, News Weekly, April 12) suggests that the British government, up to and including the Prime Minister, David Cameron, could have intervened to redress the wrongs done to this young man, a citizen of a friendly country, or at least apologise for them. But is…

ECONOMIC AGENDA: Sorting out the confusion over Australia’s agricultural exports

Patrick J. ByrneMay 10, 201413 min read

There is widespread confusion over how to measure the proportion of Australia’s agricultural output that is destined for export. In the last issue of News Weekly (April 26), we asked whether exports are worth 80 per cent, 70 per cent, 60 per cent or just 25 per cent of the earnings from agriculture. Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce. It was pointed out that there…