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In 2008, led by the first Rudd Federal Labor Government, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) committed to six targets to reduce and/or eliminate the disadvantage faced by Indigenous Australians in life expectancy, child mortality, education and employment.These were:

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Cross-posted from Investing in Chinese Stocks. Some background in Chinese housing regulations, relevant portion bolded, Housing Reform and the Housing Market in Urban China: In response to the country’s soaring housing prices, the government launched a series of regulatory policies between 2005 and 2006. On 26 March 2005, the General Office of the State Council (GOSC) […]

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Word cloud created from Tony Abbott’s public utterances on 9 February 2015On Monday 9 February 2014 Anthony John ‘Tony’ Abbott declared he had become a new version of himself – a chastened and transformed Australian prime minister.In the space of a day he made a

Subtitled A true Australian love story of the 1920s, told mostly through letters (2014), this modest book is Nancy Sarre’s tribute to her parents, Cherry and Horace, and to the families of her mother and father. Letters between the young couple and other family members tell mostly of personal circumstances but also touch on some of the broader social issues shaping Australia at the time.

The headline death toll of Ebola “does not do justice to the profound and far-reaching impact of this disease”, says Greens Senator Richard Di Natale in his powerful report to Parliament on his recent trip to Liberia and Sierra Leone....

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Stan Shamu for Chris Weston, Chief Market Strategist at IG Markets China data disappoints again The lull in global equities continues with investors finding any excuse to stay on the sidelines after having enjoyed a period of good gains. The key drivers of risk aversion at the moment are Greece and China although the latter […]

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Brian Johnstone, one of the nation’s best – and most ‘behind the scenes’ – journalists passed away recently, after a long battle with cancer. Donald Robertson pays tribute.

By John Browne, cross-posted from Euro-Pacific Capital Once again the crisis in Greece is threatening the unity of the entire euro zone. Many analysts are asking what must be done to restore viability to the Union’s weakest link. Lost in this discussion is that modern Greece, formed in 1830, has never really been required to […]

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Until Abbott accepts that at the heart of his government’s woes is a reform agenda seen as misguided and unfair, his prime ministership remains in peril. Article for The Hoopla.Filed under: Politics Tagged: Budget, leadership, prime minister, The Hoopla, Tony Abbott

By Leith van Onselen Today, The AFR and The Australian are reporting that the Coalition’s submarines policy is in a state of confusion after Prime Minister Abbott promised South Australian senators that the Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC) would be allowed to compete in a “competitive evaluation process” for the submarines contract, in exchange for their […]

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A staged plan to build what would be the largest solar PV plant in Australia – and possibly the largest yet proposed in the world – has been granted planning approval in Queensland.