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The Gillard Government’s latest Budget failed to deliver a plan for regional Australia. The 2012 Budget lacked funding for vital health and infrastructure projects in rural and regional Australia, and regional road funding is the lowest it has been in a decade. The reality is any cuts that w... ... (14-May)
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Plan for better transparency and accountability of registered organisations
The revelations involving the Health Services Union demonstrate that there is a need to ensure that the money paid by members to registered organisations is used for proper purposes. We know that some organi... ... (07-May)
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The Gillard Government will hand down the Federal Budget next Tuesday May 8. This will be the second with Prime Minister Gillard in charge and the fifth handed down by Treasurer Wayne Swan. I have been asked many times what I would like to see in this year’s Budget, and have to say that the ... ... (30-Apr)
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In the year that is dedicated especially to farmers, the disconnect between city dwellers and their “country cousins” is greater than ever. More than half the world’s population live in urban areas, with approximately 85 per cent of Australia’s population residing within an hour’s drive of a... ... (23-Apr)
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One million students at Australian universities have found themselves $263 out of pocket this year. As the new academic year kicked off in late February, students were once again required to pay compulsory student fees for services that most of them are unwilling or unable to use.
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Access to flexible and affordable child care is a key component to increasing career choice, workforce participation and national productivity. Up to 70,000 Australian women cannot access employment as they cannot find suitable child care. In many cases, this occurs because the ch... ... (10-Apr)
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We are now just three short years away from the commemoration of the centenary of the storming of the beaches of Gallipoli by Australian and New Zealand forces on 25 April 1915. The centenary of ANZAC will be one of the most important events in Australia’s history. It will focus the na... ... (02-Apr)
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This year Australia marks two significant federal electoral anniversaries – the centenary of compulsory enrolment and the 50th anniversary of the right of Indigenous Australians to vote. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is marking 2012 as the Year of Enrolment to commemorate these a... ... (26-Mar)
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Since the ANZAC landing in 1915, more than 100,000 Australian men and women have paid the ultimate sacrifice in the name of all Australians. On ANZAC Day we pay tribute to their sacrifice, remember their efforts and reflect on their selfless service to a grateful nation.
The endurin... ... (19-Mar)
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It is estimated that 2.2 million Australian children actively engage online. The children and teenagers of today are the first generation of young people that will grow up with the internet and social media as an integral part of the way they live, learn and communicate.
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