This edition of the Institute’s newsletter features: A great year -2011 in review Dr Richard Denniss Help needed: billions of tax dollars looking for a problem Lin Hatfield Dodds Big change or a lot of hot air? Dr Richard Denniss The rhetoric and reality of the mining boom David Richardson Bulky billing David Baker Why banking competition is a problem of the mind Josh Fear A basis for democracy? Kerrie Tucker Community engagement – is it working? Kerrie Tucker What you don’t know can hurt you Josh Fear Patent controversy: it’s time Big Pharma took its medicine Philip Soos Polluted time Josh Fear Looking ahead Dr Richard Denniss Institute news