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By Kim on September 1, 2010
Over at Club Troppo, James Farrell thinks that Andrew Wilkie may be the key to the resolution of the negotiations over who will form government. I’m not so sure. I suspect Wilkie will end up supporting neither side. Whether or [...]
Posted in federal election 2010 | Tagged andrew wilkie, brian harradine, Democrats, end game, Ethics, Federal Election 2010, hung parliament, Independents, James Farrell, negotiations, The Greens, whistle blowers |
By Robert Merkel on May 19, 2009
Andrew Bartlett has had a couple of fascinating posts up recently. The first is a look back on Brian Harradine’s speech in the Senate when he announced his intention to vote against the tax. Bartlett quotes the key part of [...]
Posted in Economics, Howardia, Policy, Politics, Poverty | Tagged andrew bartlett, Australian Democrats, brian harradine, goods and services tax, GST |
By Robert Merkel on March 10, 2009
One of the first things Barack Obama did after taking office was repeal the Global gag rule, which, as described here, “prohibits US family planning assistance to foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide abortion-related information or services, even if these [...]
Posted in Developing world, Feminism, Foreign policy, Health, Women | Tagged brian harradine, global gag rule, Stephen Smith |
By Kim on February 11, 2009
Xenophon watch: TALK to resolve a Senate deadlock on the $42 billion economic stimulus package have hit a snag with independent senator Nick Xenophon demanding it include water reforms. Xenophon says that he can’t support the economic stimulus package without [...]
Posted in Economics, Politics, Water | Tagged brian harradine, Murray-Darling, nick xenophon, Senate, Senate passage, South Australia, stimulus package, water reform |
By tigtog on January 10, 2008
Tim Dunlop yesterday wrote about moves from the Rudd government to undo some of the gag-clauses placed by the Howard government on government funding for charitable institutions, in which he quotes a neat summation of the policy from 2006 by [...]
Posted in Authoritarianism, Developing world, Ethics, Government, Health, Law, Politics, Women | Tagged abortion information, aid money, Australian Greens, authoritarian, brian harradine, charitable institutions, Culture Wars, Family First, gag clause, gag clauses, intolerance, Julia Gillard, Labor, labor legislation, liberal opposition, nick xenophon, politics&govt, social advocacy, Sociology |
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