What you won’t see in the Budget, unfortunately – from Professor Bill Mitchell. http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=23752 This is my Fantasy Budget 2013-14, which will be part of Crikey’s Budget coverage leading up to the delivery of the Federal Budget on May 14, 2013. This blog is relatively short and more or less within the constraints I was [...]
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Innovation?
“Labor’s innovation plan provides hope for Australian manufacturing” by Roy Green, Dean of UTS Business School at University of Technology, Sydney from The Conversation 20 February 2013 My comment: Manufacturing plans could have been done 3 years ago and consequently be of some assistance – now, too late, as AbbottPM will close down industry and [...]
Howard on trial for Iraq war
Howard on trial for Iraq I attended the Sydney protest against Howard’s lies on Iraq at the Intercontinental. Lowy Institute director Michael Fullilove said organisers were determined not to be deterred by an “anti-democratic minority.” Speakers were: STUART REES – Sydney Peace Foundation; Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney. DONNA [...]
PoliticsOz march2013
I painted PoliticsOz1march2013 this week Update Yesterday I painted these three
Super reform?
If Labor wants to win in September it needs bold new initiatives – without ‘robbing Peter to Pay Paul’. Reforming superannuation concessions and dividend imputation may provide Labor with the ‘warchest’ it needs to ‘break through;’ to disengaged voters. Labor also needs to deliver in the immediate term as well – as voters may be [...]
Action on Gonski
New Test Results Reinforce the Case for Action on Gonski from SAVE OUR SCHOOLS ‘The latest international test results show that Australia’s performance has stagnated over the last 16 years while many countries have improved. The results reflect Australia’s failure to address the extent of disadvantage in education. The new results, and those before it [...]
Obama campaign: union lessons
The lessons for unions from Obama’s 2012 campaign Alex White on December 5, 2012 Campaigning. ‘I had the great fortune to work for the Obama for America campaign for two and a half months in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. I believe there are many elements of his campaign that unions could learn from. Of course, [...]
Julian
‘Free Julian’ lights up outside Parliament House last night thursday 29th November, Canberra, Australia. You can just make me out. Photo from and event from ACT Friends Of WikiLeaks. ACT supporters of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks Joining Julian Assange solidarity throughout the world. On Ecuador DON’T LET LYING DOGS SLEEP
Unemployment Timor-Leste
Solving unemployment in Timor-Leste? Open Free workshop at the Charles Darwin University this tuesday. Professor Bill Mitchell CofFEE aim is to start addressing the World Bank/IMF bias in the economic policy debates about how Timor-Leste might better develop and solve its shocking unemployment problem. Read this lengthy analysis Timor-Leste – beyond the IMF/World Bank yoke [...]
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