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Tomorrow Treasurer Chris Bowen is expected to unveil Labor’s complete economic statement. AAP/Dan Peled

Government garners money from a bank deposit insurance scheme

The government will introduce a scheme to insure deposits in Australian banks, which will raise $733 million over four years to help the embattled budget bottom line. If passed on in full to deposit customers…
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Yes, this tax rise really is for the public good

The government is already making a virtue out of one of the “hits” that will raise billions in its economic statement. And it’s got a good case. Tobacco excise will go up. Of course the government would…
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Greens might find a niche in asylum wars

When it comes to parties’ asylum policies, it’s the Greens versus the majors. As the boat flow has increased and the government and Coalition have sought to outdo each other in their responses, the Greens…
Whilst there are only a few instances of jurors taking to social media to discuss court cases, experts argue it is ‘the elephant in the room’. Shutterstock

Jurors and social media: is there a solution?

actually excited for jury duty tomorrow…it’s gonna be fun to tell the defendant they’re GUILTY :P - Facebook post, 2010 Guilty guilty…I will not be swayed. Practicing [sic] for jury duty. - Twitter post…
The President of the Business Council of Australia, Tony Shepherd, recently has had discussions with Kevin Rudd about productivity. AAP/Alan Porritt

Big business says collect more from the GST

The Business Council of Australia has urged a higher, broader GST and an effort to boost the participation of women in the labour force, in an economic action plan released today. It says there should…
New Immigration Minister Tony Burke is leaving some wiggle room when it comes to asylum seeker policy. Department of Immigration and Citizenship

Government appears to scrap ban on sending young children to Manus

The government’s decision to send all boat arrivals to Papua New Guinea means – unless it grants exemptions - a significant shift in policy on children under seven, who until now have not been sent due…
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Between tactics and temptation

After passing up an August 31 election, for which things could not be completed in time, Kevin Rudd is under pressure from the political hardheads to go to the polls on September 7, on the back of the…
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Coalition schools policy beyond 2014

The letter that Opposition leader Tony Abbott and education spokesman Christopher Pyne have sent to principals shifts their schools policy for next year but leaves open what schools would be getting after…
Chris Bowen and Kevin Rudd are facing the challenge of paying for their new policies while minimising political “nasties”. AAP/Lori Neilsen-Carr

Grattan on Friday: Boats done – the economy’s next on Rudd’s agenda

Now Kevin Rudd has ticked off emissions trading and unveiled his PNG solution on boat arrivals, he’s turning his full attention to trying to neutralise the “debt and deficit” issue. In other words, he’s…
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PNG has Abbott in its sights on asylum issue

If anyone doubts the shambles into which Australia’s asylum seeker policy has descended, consider this. Boat people sent to Manus Island under an earlier attempted “solution” have now been removed to make…
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Rudd boosts Mike Kelly’s re-election chances

Kevin Rudd has taken the unusual step of naming his future defence minister - Mike Kelly – in a re-elected Labor government. Kelly, a Rudd supporter in the leadership battle, is highly qualified for the…
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Those Nats can be bolshie

Barnaby Joyce is the good boy these days. He’s in the Coalition leadership group and hasn’t voted against his colleagues once in this parliament. But he still holds the record as Parliament’s prime floor…
Bill Shorten and Kevin Rudd have had a significant win with the Catholics signing onto Gonski. AAP/Lukas Coch

Rudd wins over Catholics for Gonski - now onto Victoria

Prime minister Kevin Rudd and Education Minister Bill Shorten will meet Victorian Premier Denis Napthine today, in a push to get the state to sign up soon to the Better Schools Program. This follows the…
Kevin Rudd has cemented himself as the leader of the Labor party if it wins government for a third term. AAP/Paul Miller

Rudd tweaks his party reform blueprint

Kevin Rudd has made a minor concession in his sweeping reforms for the future election of Labor leaders, endorsed by a special caucus meeting today. The “trigger” for a leadership spill in opposition will…

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