Keywords: Stimulus Package
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MEDIA
North Koreans admire their glorious leader and his visionary ministers, despite their poor economic and human rights record. By contrast, most Australians despise the current Labor Government, despite the high esteem with which it is regarded internationally. How can this be?
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 04 December 2010
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So Australia has lost its bid to host the World Cup. In a single night the Holy Grail of the World Cup was transmuted to tin, the Light on the Hill of 2022 was snuffed out, the Crystal Sea that would convey worshipful hordes to Australia turned to seaweed.
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AUSTRALIA
- Julie Edwards
- 10 May 2010
There are widespread calls for the stimulus measures to be wound
back as the Australian economy emerges from the global economic crisis. It might be better in this year's and subsequent budgets to continue the economic stimulus, but focused on our most disadvantaged
communities.
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ECONOMICS
Australia has spent the past decade in a consumer frenzy, while social infrastructure vital to our wellbeing has been neglected. The Government's belated $40 billion National Broadband Network will have many long-term benefits.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 09 February 2009
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Cardinal George Pell told the Australian Workers' Union National
Conference last week why quick action to avoid mass unemployment in the
looming recession is crucial to protect the wellbeing of many
Australians.
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ECONOMICS
- Margaret Rice
- 16 December 2008
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This time of year is marked by a fraught pre-Christmas anxiety, exacerbated this year by the economic crisis. My daughter Rachel lost her part-time job last week.
Her loss is slight compared to her employer's, a young mother who
works in the finance industry.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 15 December 2008
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As Kevin Rudd ends 2008 and his first year on a high, it seems he's every bit the trickster John Howard was. We're heading into one of the worst recessions in living memory, yet the government leapt to a six month high in last week's Newspoll.
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