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Public service reform gets the Rudd treatment

September 4, 2009 – 6:34 am

From The Australian:
(Rudd) has asked Terry Moran, secretary of his Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to put together an advisory panel which will develop a discussion paper seeking ideas for reform by the end of this month.
Unfortunately the syntax here is confusing but I guess that it means that the advisory panel will be [...]

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Book review: Who really won the 2007 election?

January 7, 2009 – 7:34 pm

Christine Jackman, “Inside Kevin 07″, Melbourne University Press, 2008.
Kathie Muir, “Worth Fighting For: Inside the your rights at work campaign”, UNSW Press, 2008.
There were two campaigns against the Howard Government in the run-up to the last election: the ALP campaign and the ACTU campaign.
These books complement each other insomuch as they provide ‘insider’ accounts of [...]

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Dear Kevin, please don’t stuff-up superannuation

December 7, 2008 – 4:41 pm

Eight senior Australian economists have written to Prime Minister Rudd suggesting, among other things, an immediate reduction of the compulsory contribution rate from 9% to 6% followed by a gradual doubling to 12% in the years between 1 July 2010 and 1 July 2015. 
An increase to 12% (or even 15%) is a worthy idea and [...]

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