Education/Technology (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Here’s how I plan to turn the $1,000 per female that the Rudd Government is giving to my kinsfolk on 8 December, 2008 into a heritage that lasts for life. For those readers who are either not Australian, or who are not alive of the recently-announced financial resource the inhabitant Government is substance to families; here [...]
Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
Patricia Karvelas; 1/12/08 The Rudd Government will build more than 4000 houses for indigenous families and flood communities with health workers to tackle chronic disease, in an ambitious new plan to end the staggering life expectancy gap between black and white Australia. Despite hard economic times denting the federal budget, the Council of Australian Governments agreed [...]...
Andrew Bolt (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
Henry Ergas warns that the Rudd Government has forgotten three lessons of history in battling this financial crisis: Lesson 1: Don’t reduce…
7.62mm Justice (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
NET NANNY IS SLOW AND MYOPIC Andrew Bolt TonyfromOz prefaces ….. This is a buzz topic here in Australia at the moment. The Government came to Office with the promise of installing high speed Broadband Internet access to every house in Australia, something that has not eventuated yet, and expressions of interest for the huge contract have only [...]
Citizen Crain (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
In case you've forgotten what it looks like for a politician to actually fulfill his campaign commitments, there's Australian Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd: The Rudd government has finished its one-year anniversary by honouring an election commitment to remove discrimination...
Larvatus Prodeo (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
There’s an interesting piece in Crikey today from La Trobe University Professor of Politics Judith Brett reviewing the first year of the Rudd government. As those who’ve followed her writing on politics would expect, she particularly focuses on leadership, and argues that Kevin Rudd has shown some deftness in moving between different leadership styles according [...]
PA Pundits (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
NET NANNY IS SLOW AND MYOPIC Andrew Bolt TonyfromOz prefaces ….. This is a buzz topic here in Australia at the moment. The Government came to Office with the promise of installing high speed Broadband Internet access to every house in Australia, something that has not eventuated yet, and expressions of interest for the huge contract have only [...]
Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
QUEENSLAND Treasurer Andrew Fraser has warned the Federal Government there will be no excuse for short-changing the state on health funding.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Kevin Rudd's first year, in which seniors were bitterly pitted against government in their calls to raise the single Age Pension, has ended on a high for pensioners. However, self funded retirees and older workers, hit by the economic downturn, are preparing for a rough 2009. That's the verdict from older Australians who'll benefit from the Rudd government's $10.
Larvatus Prodeo (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
No doubt because Malcolm Turnbull has demonstrated his stunning grasp of economics yet again by claiming that the Commonwealth budget going into deficit is some sort of yardstick of economic failure, there’s been an immense amount of commentary on Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan’s willingness to utter the word “deficit”. The latest instalment in the [...]
On Line Opinion - Latest Articles (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Labor are dug in for a long innings but we will have to wait to discern the true shape of the government elected one year ago.
The Tizona Group (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
... bring themselves to laugh at something funny. Now that the Australian Labor Party has been in Government for one year, it’s become clearer than ever that not only can’t Wayne Swan answer questions , but it’s an affliction held by many, if not all, ALP ministers . Of course, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd doesn’t have that affliction. He answers every question perfectly ! The Liberal Party...
Unenlightened Commentary. (Free subscription) | yesterday
Australia's government is planning web censorship: The Rudd Government's plans to censor the internet in an attempt to protect children from inappropriate content and extreme and violent pornography has come in for some criticism. The plan to impose mandatory filtering on Internet Service Providers has invoked the ire of a new generation of civil libertarians who regard any such...
Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
QUEENSLAND Conservatives have hinted they could break ranks over key party policies in a further sign the Coalition is haemorrhaging. said he was still deciding whether he would support the Rudd Government's new IR laws, despite declaring the Coalition would not stand in the way of the Bill.Mr Slipper told The Courier-Mail yesterday that the nation's economic circumstances were different...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
HOUSEHOLDS currently disadvantaged by a lack of broadband services should be first priority in the government's new broadband network.
