November 23, 2011
Australian Financial Review, Page: 1
By Katie Walsh
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Key members of the Henry taxation review panel and taxation experts have criticised the design and implementation of the mining tax, declaring the result a "dog’s breakfast".
They said the failure to engage state governments and build community suppo... ...
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November 23, 2011
Australian, Page: 40
By Ross Kelly
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
AT odds withunions and angry passengers, Qantas is at least making some he adway with investors.
Although the carrier’s stock fell 4 per cent yesterday as global recession fears continued to plague world markets, its shares bounced 14 per cent from record lows early ... ...
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November 23, 2011
By Jane Cowan ABC North America correspondent 17 November 2011
The bread and butter of reporting from the United States is politics.
No surprises there.
"The" might be the most commonly uttered word in the English language, but for a Washington correspondent, "Barack Obama" comes a close second.
The daily grind can be a Groundhog... ...
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November 21, 2011
On Monday night the Federal Government killed off the tender process for the Australia Network contract.
But debate continues over who should host the service; should it be maintained by the public broadcaster, or should commercial media have the same opportunity? Scott Ludlam and Tim Wilson have opposing views on the matter.
Senator Scott ... ...
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October 12, 2011
Australian, Page: 5
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
CONSUMER EUTTOR A FEAR campaign against foreign food will be launched by the Australian Made organisation next month, in a patriotic pitch for home-grown produce.
The Australian Made campaign set up by the federal government in the 1980s to promote domestic manufacturing will turn its sight... ...
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October 12, 2011
Kalgoorlie Miner, Page: 1
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
THE last council meeting before this weekend’s local government elections has been overshadowed by a controversial proposal to change the name of the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
Raised by retiring Councillor Russ Haigh, the motion called on chief executive Don Burnett to "Report... ...
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October 12, 2011
West Australian, Page: 23
By Amanda Saunders
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
AMANDA SAUNDERS Coles Group has jumped on an opening in the neighbourhood shopping centre market, snapping up a suburban property in Kalgoorlie for $8.85 million.
The off-market sale of Hannans Boulevard Shopping Centre comes as agents tout further openings in the... ...
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September 1, 2011
Source: National Farmers' Federation. See the original article here
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has today called on the Government to refuse the application to import silver foxes into Australia as pets and potential breeding animals.
“Foxes pose an enormous risk to Australia’s agricultural production; a fact ... ...
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August 31, 2011
Source: The West Australian. See the original article here
It is becoming impossible for Julia Gillard to demonstrate that she does not have something against WA. In reshaping Kevin Rudd's suicide-note mining tax, she came up with one that transferred about 70 per cent of the burden on to WA's resources industry.
Her hospital reforms soug... ...
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August 30, 2011
Souce: www.theaustralian.com.au
See the original article here
The crisis now engulfing Australian manufacturing has been long predicted and much foreseen yet the inescapable impression is that our decision-makers have been taken by surprise and are scrambling to do something.
There are two unpalatable questions for Gillard Labor. Did Labor expe... ...
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