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A sign of things to come? "BER project collapse" - ABC News, #ausvotes
via newmatilda.com A building frame for a $1 million outdoor learning centre in southern New South Wales has come tumbling down. No-one was injured when the structure collapsed at Kooringal Public School in Wagga Wagga yesterday. A New South Wales Education Department spokesman says the incident is being investigated by Workcover and the contractor who is doing the B-E-R project. via abc...
July, 27 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Incompetence is now measured in human-life
School stimulus rorting 'not widespread' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Mr Crean, who has taken over the Education portfolio from Prime Minister Julia Gillard, told Channel Nine that while there have been problems with the program, they have not been widespread. "I am convinced from the initial discussions I've had with Brad Orgill [this] is not the case," he said. "There are...
July, 3 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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I accept my naivety, but that's the game of politics
Senator Conroy is certainly the public face of the internet filter, and Labor's Plan for Cyber Safety issued just before the November 2007 federal election lists Conroy as the author. But as Crikey's Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane put it recently, Conroy is just doing his job as a professional politician to implement policy, and the filter is still ALP policy today: "Look ten years down...
July, 1 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Part of the Con: Swan warns of no-frills budget in election lead-up - ABC News
Mr Swan says he is still facing difficult circumstances in putting together this year's budget. He says the states are set to benefit from the recovery in GST revenue. But Mr Swan says there has only been some improvement in company taxes. "Those revenues have not recovered like GST revenues have recovered," he said. "GST revenues are strong because consumption has been strong, because the fiscal stimulus underpinned confidence in the economy, but the accumulated losses...
April, 17 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Smoking tax 'would be cash grab' - ABC News
"They haven't done it for health reasons, they haven't suggested this measure for health outcomes, they've only suggested it because they are desperate for cash." Mr Dutton says if the Government raises the excise on tobacco it would be similar to its alcopops tax. "We've advocated since we've been in Opposition that the excise on tobacco should go up further," he said. "But this Government is not about addressing health issues, we saw that with alcopops, we saw it with...
April, 13 2010 • 2 Comments • 0 Faves
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Move over, Australia: France taking 'Net censorship lead
Under Sarkozy, France is moving to a more proactive enforcement model that removes or blocks content at the source, rather than being content to go after lawbreakers. As a consequence, however, France will now have one of the toughest censorship regimes of any robust democracy in the Western hemisphere—though Australia is giving France a good run for its money on the worldwide stage. Journalists in neighboring countries have been quick to pounce. Germany's Der Spiegel wondered...
February, 19 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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STEPHEN CONROY EXTENDED INTERVIEW | Hungry Beast
TEPHEN CONROY EXTENDED INTERVIEW by Hungry Beast February 9, 2010 at 05:35pm Dan Ilic talks with Senator Conroy about the Rudd Government's proposed mandatory internet filter and more.--> Dan Ilic talks with Senator Conroy about the Rudd Government's proposed mandatory internet filter and more. by Hungry Beast February 9, 2010 at 05:35pm via hungrybeast.abc.net.au It is vital that, not only Australian, but any internet user be...
February, 11 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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"Conroy's filter will not make the internet safer" - commentary but not mine
146 comments Suzanne Dvorak Today marks Safer Internet Day, a day observed by more than 50 countries across the globe to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology, particularly among children and young people. Children wade into the world of technology at increasingly younger ages - by the time they become teenagers, the technological divide between generations can pose challenges for parents who want to guide their children safely through the virtual...
February, 11 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Federal Opposition renews call for ISP filter trial audit - Computerworld
Coalition "yet to be convinced" mandatory ISP-level filtering will be effective The Federal Opposition has renewed its call for an independent audit of the Rudd Government’s mandatory ISP-level filtering trial. In a blog post, Opposition Communications Minister Tony Smith wrote that the Federal Coalition supported “sensible and workable measures” to protect children from inappropriate online content. However, the Coalition was yet to be convinced that mandatory filtering...
February, 11 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Me and my profession
