Ex-premiers in TV tussle
The Australian (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
FORMER Victorian Premier Steve Bracks is poised for a head-to-head battle with another former Labor premier, Wayne Goss.
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A teacher rebuilds the sum of his life from zero
The Age (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
... your career."Little did Mr Phillips know his case would eventually spark a political storm for the Bracks Government. Steve Bracks and then education minister Lynne Kosky had recently introduced laws ensuring any teacher found with a past sex offence — regardless of the circumstances — would be automatically sacked, with no right of appeal. And Mr Phillips, then working at...
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Abortion support enough to unwind old-school ties
The Age (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
... & Military Club in the city.Mr Noonan, who has been in demand as a guest speaker since he replaced Steve Bracks as Labor MP for Williamstown last year, was rebuilding links with the famous Catholic boys college in Bundoora he attended in the 1980s.The 80-or-so old boys seemed to enjoy his talk, too. But on Monday, Mr Noonan received a letter from 20 of them telling him he would not...
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Terror cell had its sights on Howard
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
... Mick Keelty and Christine Nixon regularly briefed prime minister John Howard and Victorian premier Steve Bracks. INVESTIGATING Benbrika's terror network for 16 months in 2004 and 2005 cost police more than $15 million. THE trial was nearly aborted after six months because at least one jury member ignored a direction from the judge not to use the internet to conduct research during...
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Hulls wavers on tolls
The Age (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
... part of the Government's imminent transport plan.During the 2006 election campaign, former premier Steve Bracks promised the proposed bypass would not be tolled.But when asked yesterday if that no-tolls policy still remained, Mr Hulls said: "All I can say is that speculation in relation to tolls about a hypothetical road is not worth commenting on. All options are being looked at,...
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Unions are strangling NSW
Business Spectator (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
... only become apparent over a passage of time. And it has been the state Labor governments of Steve Bracks and John Brumby since 1998 that have enjoyed them.Nowhere was this more apparent than in last week’s national accounts, which had the Victorian economy growing 1.8 per cent in the June quarter and 4.9 per cent for the year to June 2008, despite job cuts in manufacturing and global...
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Green push will save jobs
TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk blog (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
The Government will respond to Steve Bracks’ review of the industry next week. In his review, Mr Bracks recommended that the promised $500million green car innovation fund be doubled and that the Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme be replaced with a new Global Automotive Transition Scheme providing $350million in annual subsidies to the industry over a 10 year period...
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NSW Premier Iemma resigns
Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
... months in Parliament. He would have to be the least experinced Premier in Australian history. Even Steve Bracks had some years in Opposition.Posted by: Jack Sailwood of 12:32pm today I would like to see the size of his golden parachute. Just wait 9 months ambassador to London.. its a done deal. He wont be doing it hard.Posted by: thekenn of kamira 12:23pm today Anna , you should go...
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From Paris to Dubai
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
... incidently you always run into somone you know and this time we were touring the palace with Steve Bracks and family ~ we covered the louvre D'orsay Arc De triomphe, Orangerie, Moulin Rouge, Lido, Eiffel Tower, Champs, Opera, Vendome ~ if it was touristy we saw it....the open tour bus and the museum monument pass served us well avoiding the billion or so tourist lines..! Back to the...
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Car industry handouts threaten reforms
The Australian (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
... publicly waving through the multi-billion-dollar handouts recommended by former Victorian premier Steve Bracks at Carr's behest. The Treasurer tossed a startling idea to the Australian Davos Connection's leadership retreat on Hayman Island at the weekend. He suggested Australians were "practical and a bit cautious" about economic reform. They would only support big change of the Hawke-Keating...
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Another 80 lose jobs in car industry
Business Spectator (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
... will lose their jobs in Victoria.Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union Victorian secretary Steve Dargavel said PBR is moving some brake calliper work to the US."And despite meeting the cost-down demands of its customers, the company has decided to let 80 workers go," Mr Dargavel said."We need better trade and industry policies to ensure that redundancies like these do not continue to occur."Ten...
