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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: Kevin Rudd offers NSW $5bn lionshare of extra health cash - News.com.au
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd will offer NSW a staggering $5 billion in extra health funding this morning as a final offer to convince the state's Premier, Kristina Keneally, to sign up to his national reforms. NSW will be handed the lion's share of an unprecedented national funding package, worth an extra $15.6 billion, under which the Commonwealth will lock in cast-iron health funding increases of 8.3 per cent a year. Victoria, where political resistance is strongest to...
April, 18 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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Kevin Rudd declines $1m paycheck - yes but!
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has rejected a call for his salary to be tripled to $1 million. Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce made the call after the Remuneration Tribunal this week recommended a three per cent pay rise for MPs and senior public servants, a rise the Government has accepted. Senator Joyce said it was a commercial reality that the highest officeholders should be "within sight" of the sort of money someone in business is paid for running a...
September, 24 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Plot to hit Turnbull at home | The Daily Telegraph
Federal Opposition Leader and member for Wentworth Malcolm Turnbull, holds a press conference at his new electoral office at Edgecliff in Sydney. Source: The Sunday Telegraph THE Labor Party has hatched a plan to do a ``Maxine McKew'' on Malcolm Turnbull in his seat of Wentworth at the next election by searching for a high profile candidate with Green credentials. Senior ALP sources yesterday confirmed the party wanted to repeat the 2007 election strategy...
July, 25 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Malcolm Turnbull kicked out of Karrinyup shops
Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull told to stop bothering Perth shoppers. Photo: Glen McCurtayne Perth's Karrinyup Shopping Centre management has apologised to Malcolm Turnbull after telling him to stop pestering Perth shoppers with political questions. The Federal Opposition leader's plan to press the flesh with shoppers at the popular shopping mall was shut down yesterday after centre management said he failed to seek permission. via watoday.com...
May, 22 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Treasurer Wayne Swan blames revenue collapse on spending by John Howard
Sinking feeling ... John Howard spent recklessly by boosting 'middle class welfare', says the Treasurer. / File. Labor pins deficit blame on John Howard 'Acted like mining boom would never end' $200 billion revenue shortfall WAYNE Swan has promised help for the poor in a "very Labor" Budget tomorrow, but will also use the economic blueprint to demolish what he describes as John Howard's contentious system of middle-class welfare...
May, 10 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Me and my profession
