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newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - May 14, 2008
Wayne Swan delivered Labor’s entire election platform in education and training last night, plus an extra $500 million for the universities sector. The headline total of $19 billion sounds impressive - but Labor knows …
Also tagged: education, university, featured, budget 2008, peter costello, australian politics, business and consumerism, wayne swan
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Apr 21, 2008
It’s easy to be cynical about an initiative like the 2020 Summit. In 1983, people quipped: "What is a Summit? Any meeting attended by Bob Hawke." Today they worry: "The Prime Minister will now be able to do anything he …
Also tagged: health, education, obesity, climate change, featured, taxation, federalism, republic, 2020, kevin rudd, stephen smith, australian politics, 2020 summit
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Apr 16, 2008
It’s not breaking the Official Secrets Act to reveal that governments love national security pretexts. There’s no end of embarrassing files which can be kept under wraps when security implications are added to the mix …
Also tagged: featured, homeland insecurity, media and culture
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Apr 8, 2008
Yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the first act of the Waterfront Dispute of 1998 - the lockout of Patrick’s workforce on the Melbourne docks. read more
Also tagged: hero, unions, civil society, australian politics, workchoices, industrial relations
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Mar 3, 2008
Declaring war on a phenomenon has become something of a cliché in political rhetoric. However, such graphic metaphors have their uses. They signal seriousness of intent, and sometimes a desire to mobilise the community …
Also tagged: market, featured, inflation, wages, kevin rudd, federal politics, australian politics, business and consumerism, workchoices
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Feb 21, 2008
Some of us in the political journalism and commentary game were a tad worried last year that the ascendancy of Kevin07 would leave us with nothing exciting to write about. There was a feeling that a lot of the colour …
Also tagged: featured, federal politics, australian politics, brendan nelson, julie bishop, workchoices, 2020 summit
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Feb 5, 2008
It’s difficult for oppositions to win the media game. read more
Also tagged: featured, liberal party, federal politics, australian politics, brendan nelson