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Liberal backbencher Dennis Jensen has attacked the absence of a coherent science policy, and questioned the budget’s plan for a huge medical research fund when cuts are being made to other science areas…
When Malcolm Turnbull got a “dorothy dixer” from his good backbench friend Russell Broadbent on Tuesday the Communications Minister put on one of his classic rumbustious performances. It was just a sledge…
Clive Palmer and his Palmer United Party are refusing to meet with ministers in a bid to pressure the government to give PUP extra staff to deal with legislation “effectively”. Palmer cancelled a meeting…
The much-awaited Cornall report into the Manus violence in February makes one very obvious recommendation: do whatever’s possible to speed up determinations, resettlement of refugees and removal of those…
New Australian Medical Association president Brian Owler has warned the budget’s $7 co-payment will particularly hit the “working poor”, while the squeeze on states’ hospital funding will affect “frontline…
Well at least Barack Obama will be prepared when he meets Tony Abbott next month. An article about Abbott’s tribulations on The Washington Post homepage is accompanied by a video of the PM blinking – repeatedly…
NATSEM Principal Research Fellow Ben Phillips and University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan discuss the government’s poor handling of the budget blow-back, the beginning of leadership…
How bad has this budget been for the government? You only had to listen Nine’s Today program on Thursday morning to get the answer. “Will you make it to the next election as leader?” Abbott was asked by…
There are a few key pieces of grammatical knowledge that can make an immediate difference to the quality of children’s reading and writing. In this column I look at verbs, and suggest four actions that…
As Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey fight an apparently losing battle to persuade the public of the virtues of the budget, government sources say they expect bad polls to continue for months. It’s rather reminiscent…
Australia has a jobs crisis rather than a welfare crisis, according to the Salvation Army’s Economic and Social Impact Survey of nearly 2500 clients. Current job search and employment service programs…
Consumer sentiment has tumbled to levels not seen since August 2011, in a post-budget drop economists say does not reflect the real state of the economy. According to the monthly Westpac Melbourne Institute…
Given all we’ve been through in relation to political honesty, could we just set a “truth” baseline as we start another round of the GST debate? Tony Abbott is trying to give the impression that the future…
Apple and Google agreed last week to abandon mutual litigation over smartphone software and hardware patents. Yesterday the Korea Times reported that it appears likely Apple and Samsung will also reach…
Economist Ross Garnaut has predicted “trench warfare” over development projects, given the influence business now has with government. Delivering the John Freebairn lecture in Melbourne, Garnaut said it…
The budget hits 1.25 million low and middle income families with children on average by about $3000 a year in 2017-18 while it actually benefits upper middle and upper income families through removing…
The budget has driven the government’s vote down and pushed Bill Shorten decisively ahead of Tony Abbott as preferred prime minister, in two polls today. The Nielsen poll in Fairfax Media has the opposition…
The Abbott government does indeed face a budget emergency – how to handle a massive public fallout and a full-scale revolt by the states. The Nielsen poll shows the cost to the government and to Tony Abbott…
Angry first ministers have flatly rejected Tony Abbott’s claim that the budget cuts will not hit states and territories immediately and again demanded he call an urgent meeting of the Council of Australian…
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Assistant Professor in Finance and Financial Planning, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Professor, School of Politics Economics & Society, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Economics, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Business, Government and Law, University of Canberra
