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By Mark Bahnisch on March 10, 2010
As noted, Abbott’s International Women’s Day announcement of a paid parental leave plan has created a lot of debate here on LP [read previous threads here]. And it’s attracted a lot of commentary in the wider blogosphere and media. Gary [...]
Posted in Feminism, Howardia, Media, Parenting, Policy, Politics, Poverty, Sociology, Women | Tagged ALP, Coalition, Feminism, International Womens Day, Julia Perry, Labor, Leslie Cannold, Liberal Party, Mark Bahnisch, parental leave, Policy, reaction, Rudd govermnent, the drum, Tony Abbott, Unleashed, Women |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 27, 2009
There’s a bit of chat around the shop today that one of the mooted new stimulus measures the Rudd government might undertake – bringing forward tax cuts and LITO changes for low income earners – could be a way of [...]
Posted in Economics, Industrial Relations, Media | Tagged AIG, corporatism, Fair Pay Commission, Heather Ridout, Ian Harper, Lindsay Tanner, LITO, Rudd govermnent, tax cuts, tax policy, unions, wages policy |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 27, 2009
Anyone who’s worked in a large public sector organisation will know how “efficiency dividends” work. Or don’t work. Or work in unintended ways – by destroying the capacity to do what your actual main purpose is. There’s a bit of [...]
Posted in Consumerism, Economics, Film, TV, Video etc, Markets | Tagged ABS, ALP, consumer spending, consumption, data, deflation, economic policy, Economics, economists, fiscal spending, Gerry Harvey, growth, Harvey Norman, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Lindsay Tanner, managerialism, Peter Costello, Peter Martin, recession, Rudd govermnent, stimulus, Treasury |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 7, 2009
I wrote in an earlier post about the “summer of culture” feature at New Matilda. Ben Eltham has now wrapped up “the state of the cultural nation” with a thoughtful essay integrating the various pieces with some broader thoughts on [...]
Posted in Culture, Policy | Tagged 2020 summit, arts funding, Australia Council, Ben Eltham, Creative Australia, creative industries, creativity, cultural policy, innovation, New Matilda, Peter Garrett, Rudd govermnent |
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