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Kevin Rudd has set out a “national competitiveness agenda” for Australia and said the nation must lift its annual productivity growth rate to 2% or better. Addressing the National Press Club, the Prime…
While for some Australians the recent leadership spill will be viewed as a simple act of restorative justice, many others would have spectated on events in Canberra with an equal measure of indifference…
Kevin Rudd today will paint Tony Abbott as “Captain Negative”, unwilling to do the hard work needed to develop policies to change the country and guilty of talking Australia down. Appearing at the National…
The government this week is inching forward in its battle to get sign ups to its Better Schools plan – aka Gonski – but it still needs support from Victoria and the Catholics for the great leap that would…
Kevin Rudd has said he wants a referendum within two years of the election to recognise Australia’s Indigenous people in the constitution - and told Tony Abbott to get his act together on the issue. Both…
Every now and then a politician gets caught on the sticky paper. That’s where Tony Abbott was today, and he didn’t cope well. It was always going to be a dog of a morning, with Newspoll showing the vote…
South Australian Independent senator Nick Xenophon is adopting a bargain basement approach to fund raising – donate more than $1500 and you’ll get a partial, or even a full, refund. Xenophon has had a…
Tony Abbott is streets behind Kevin Rudd as preferred PM – tomorrow’s Newspoll has him trailing 22 points - and now findings comparing their personal qualities tell us why. Essential Research has shown…
Kevin Rudd is nothing if not brazen. Less than a fortnight after rolling Julia Gillard he has proposed an historic change that would prevent such a putsch in the future. His radical plan – one of the most…
With the end of each parliament there inevitably comes a series of announcements that particular parliamentarians will not be contesting the next election. Usually, these decisions are justified by the…
The Victorian state parliament is currently considering the Open Courts Bill (2013) after questions have been raised about just how much transparency is needed in the justice system. The bill, proposed…
In yet another iteration of asylum seeker policy, the government now says that people who destroy their documentation will be sent to the back of the processing queue. This is distinguished from the opposition…
With Tony Abbott lagging as preferred PM against Kevin Rudd, Liberal frontbencher Malcolm Turnbull has cast the election as a contest between a presidential pitch and “a traditional cabinet-based, consultative…
Bill Shorten didn’t ask for the Education portfolio but when Kevin Rudd added it to his Workplace Relations job it was familiar territory. Shorten’s mother Ann, who has a PhD in history, is co-author of…
Julia Gillard said Tony Abbott was a misogynist. Now Kevin Rudd suggests he’s a political coward. Prodding his opponent again to debate him, Rudd said it was time Abbott demonstrated he had “a bit of ticker…
Kevin Rudd has moved to try to neutralise the big negative that NSW Labor corruption is expected to be in that state at the federal election. His message to voters appalled by what’s come out at the Independent…
If Labor goes into opposition, or even if it stays in government, next term is going to be seen as a time for renewal. A swag of former frontbenchers are quitting their seats, and some of those electorates…
Kevin Rudd has chosen a senior Treasury official, Jim Murphy, to be his new chief of staff. Rudd worked with Murphy, a deputy secretary whose job will concentrate on policy development and economic advice…
Air travel has the biggest impact on the climate per trip, but travelling long distances alone by car could be just as bad for one’s carbon footprint, a new study has found. The study was conducted by…
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Professional associate, University of Canberra
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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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Associate Professor Sport Management and Sport Integrity Lead, 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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Assistant Professor, University of Canberra
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Associate professor, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
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Honours Graduate Student, University of Canberra
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PhD Candidate, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Economics, University of Canberra
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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PhD Candidiate (Cognitive Neuroscience), Department of Psychology, University of Canberra
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Professorial Fellow in Sport, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Business, Government and Law, University of Canberra
