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Red Cross passing on ’stacks’ of complaints

January 13, 2009 – 2:11 pm

A little while ago I wrote about my revulsion at the NSW Government’s decision to rip apart the Australian ethos around blood donation: ‘freely given, freely received’. Yesterday, Red Cross rang me in response to my email of complaint and said they had received ’stacks’ of complaints and were passing them on to the NSW [...]

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Nominations called for PR Disaster of 2008

December 17, 2008 – 8:37 pm

Melbourne blogger, author, PR guru and football fanatic, Gerry McCusker is calling for nominations for this prestigious award, for which there is never any shortage of deserving candidates.
Personally, it is difficult to see how you could go past the NSW Government this year. After all, they lost a Premier, Deputy Premier, Treasurer, Health Minister and [...]

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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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