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Swan spends to leave Labor legacy in school education and DisabilityCare – but cuts elsewhere to deliver surplus in four yearsBudgets give governments the opportunity to re-launch themselves to the voting public. And if ever a government needed re-launching it’s this one. Despite its many worthy and good policy triumphs, for reasons that are too well-traversed to reprise here voters appear ready to reject Labor on Saturday, 14 September. So this budget was the last big set... [Read more]
Gillard Cabinet reshuffleIn the wake of last week’s leadership debacle and the consequent series of high profile Cabinet resignations, the Prime Minister has this morning announced the changes to her Ministry. Parker & Partners thought you would find some background on the reshuffle and its policy implications useful. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would... [Read more]
The coup that wasn’t
In a day where Australian politics has resembled a TV reality show Prime Minister Julia Gillard has once again emerged as the ultimate Survivor. The tumult began when ALP-elder Simon Crean announced to the media that he had urged the Prime Minister to call a ballot for both the Leadership and Deputy Leadership of the Party and thus the Government.... [Read more]
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Off The Record – Issue 402Off the Record – Issue 402- 22 May 2013 ISSUE OF THE WEEK Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona Canberra, where we lay our scene. The main players weren’t Romeo and Juliet, and the theatre wasn’t the Globe, but those sitting in the galleries experienced something akin to a Shakespearean play as Wayne Swan and Tony Abbott delivered... [Read more]
Off The Record – Issue 401Off the Record – Issue 401- 8 May 2013 ISSUE OF THE WEEK The Gillard government achieved a major win in the past week, with the Coalition agreeing to legislate the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) before the end of the parliament. To be known as DisabilityCare Australia, the insurance scheme will eventually support more than 400,000 Australians... [Read more]
Off the Record – Issue 400Off the Record – Issue 400- 2 May 2013 ISSUE OF THE WEEK Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced today that Labor will increase the Medicare Levy 0.5 percent if re-elected on 14 September. Announcing the policy, which is intended to pay for the Government’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Gillard noted that unexpected shortfalls between... [Read more]
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