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Senate Committee reports on the fiscal stimulus

By Mark Bahnisch on February 11, 2009

Anyone actually wanting to find out what the result of the much vaunted Senate scrutiny of the Rudd government’s fiscal stimulus legislation can now do so by reading the Senate Committee report. Peter Martin has more. Speaking of Peter Martin, [...]

Posted in Economics | Tagged economic policy, fiscal policy, fiscal stimulus, global financial crisis, Kevin Rudd, legislation, Malcolm Turnbull, Rudd government, Senate, Senate Committee, Senate passage, stimulus package, Treasury | 2 Responses

How might the Senate tinker with the stimulus package?

By Mark Bahnisch on February 7, 2009

Simon Jackman has the good oil on what Bob Brown and Steve Fielding are putting on the table as Senate deliberations on Kevin Rudd’s fiscal stimulus continue. Both are emphasising the unemployed and job creation (with Brown arguing for green [...]

Posted in Politics | Tagged Australian Greens, benefits, Bob Brown, Family First, fiscal stimulus, global financial crisis, Henry review, Ken Henry, Kevin Rudd, minor party, Rudd government, Senate, Senate Committee, Senate passage, Senators, social inequality, social policy, Steve Fielding, stimulus package, The Greens, unemployed, unemployment, welfare policy | 37 Responses

The Liberal bottom line

By Kim on February 5, 2009

Since everyone else is, I thought I might add in my $950 two cents’ worth into the great stimulus package debate. I’m also in the camp of thinking Malcolm’s nuts, and while some have been decrying those who discuss the [...]

Posted in Economics | Tagged ALP, Coalition, economic policy, global financial crisis, howard government, Ken Henry, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Laura Tingle, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Rudd government, Senate Committee, stimulus package | 36 Responses

Allegations of academic bias in universities and schools: The Senate Report

By Mark Bahnisch on December 6, 2008

As a parting gift to the nation, the Coalition majority in the Senate set up an inquiry into academic bias, at the instigation of the Young Liberals. It’s been discussed extensively before at LP on a number of occasions. The [...]

Posted in Authoritarianism, Culture, Education | Tagged academic bias, academic freedom, Coalition, course content, Culture Wars, education policy, higher education, Liberal Party, make australia fair, school education, Senate, Senate Committee, Senate inquiry, Senator Gavin Marshall, universities, university teaching, young liberals | 170 Responses

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