John Robertson

                   

AUSTRALIA: How we can stop Rees’s privatisation plans

greenleft.org.au
16-Nov-2008
        

AUSTRALIA How we can stop Rees’s privatisation plans The NSW mini-budget on November 11 is a full-on assault on public services and the public ownership of major assets in NSW. Public assets to be sold off include NSW...

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Ex-chief dumps on former minister

smh.com.au
15-Nov-2008
        

TONY STEWART'S former chief of staff has broken his silence over the Tina Sanger affair, branding the sacked minister rude, sexist, ill-informed and embarrassing. Long-time Labor staffer Michael Galderisi said people at the...

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October issue of Ariadne

earlham.edu
15-Nov-2008
        

The October 2008 issue of Ariadne is now available. Some articles relevant to OA: Rob Davies, Europeana: An Infrastructure for Adding Local Content Leo Waaijers, Copyright Angst, Lust for Prestige and Cost Control: What...

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'Distressed' Megrahi to stay behind bars

scotsman.com
15-Nov-2008 88 related
        

Published Date: 15 November 2008 By JOHN ROBERTSON AND MICHAEL HOWIE THE terminally-ill Lockerbie bomber protested his innocence yesterday and said he was "very distressed" that appeal judges had refused to let him spend his...

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Zimbabwe: Why Employees Are Staying

allafrica.com
15-Nov-2008 1 related
        

EVER wondered why some formally employed workers continue to report for work on a daily basis despite the worsening economic environment characterised by hyperinflation, soaring transport costs, ever increasing prices of goods...

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The puppeteers pulling Rees's strings

smh.com.au
14-Nov-2008 2 related
        

JUST days after what has been described as the worst NSW budget in memory, the man who has presided over the state's coffers for 12 years, the Treasury Secretary, John Pierce, has deserted the Government.

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State of dysfunction

news.com.au
14-Nov-2008 4 related
        

Paul Kelly, Editor-at-large | November 15, 2008 Article from: The Australian IN an ideal world of Westminster democracy, NSW would go to the polls in the near future. That would be in the interests of Australia, the NSW public,...

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Scots MPs back British Olympic soccer team

scotsman.com
14-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Published Date: 14 November 2008 A GROUP of Scotland-linked MPs have lent their backing to a United Kingdom football team competing at the London Olympics in 2012. A total of 18 MPs who are either Scottish or represent Scottish...

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Cash boost for Elgin sprinter

northern-scot.co.uk
14-Nov-2008
        

SPRINT ace Ian Garioch is hoping a little sun on his back will help propel him all the way to the Commonwealth Games in 2010 in India. The Elgin athlete has landed a £3,000 boost in the shape of the John Robertson Sports...

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School music groups bound for inauguration -- if they get the cash

freep.com
14-Nov-2008
        

Music groups from seven Michigan high schools are rehearsing with more gusto these days. You might say they are expressing the audacity of hope. The students plan to be part of the inaugural cerebrations for President-elect...

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