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By Robert Merkel on August 6, 2010
The initial report of the inquiry into the Building the Education Revolution school buildings program is now available. It makes interesting reading. Most of the complaints received by the complaints taskforce were, broadly, to do with value for money, so [...]
Posted in Education, federal election 2010, Government, NSW Government, Politics, Queensland | Tagged BER, BER Taskforce, building the education revolution, economic stimulus, Julia Gillard, stimulus, stimulus package |
By Kim on March 31, 2010
Barnaby hit the news last night with another one of his bon mots: SABRA LANE: And on the eve of the Productivity Commission handing down a report on water recovery in the Murray-Darling basin, he had this to say about [...]
Posted in Economics, Education, Politics, Water | Tagged Barnaby Joyce, Catallaxy, economic stimulus, farmers, libertarianism, libertarians, murray-darling basin, pipeline, productivity commission, toilet paper, Water |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 16, 2008
Just before last year’s federal election, I read Neal Blewett’s Cabinet Diaries. The book is a good read, but I was also interested in reminding myself – in the dying days of the Howard Era – what a Labor government [...]
Posted in Economics, Howardia, Markets, Poverty | Tagged ALP, economic management, economic policy, economic stimulus, financial crisis, fiscal policy, fiscal stimulus, Julie Bishop, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Neal Blewett, Paul Keating, pensioners, pensions, Rudd government, social justice, stimulus package, surplus, unemployed, welfare benefits, welfare policy |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 14, 2008
Peter Martin is reporting that the government will be releasing an economic stimulus package today which will include something on pensions – to be announced at around midday. He suggests about $5 billion will be pumped into the economy. [Update [...]
Posted in Economics, Government, Politics | Tagged aged pension, ALP, economic crisis, economic stimulus, fiscal policy, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Medicare levy, pensions, Rudd government, Steve Fielding, Wayne Swan |
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