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abc.net.au: Mr Tanner says more spending may be required over the next six months. abc.net.au

Tanner flags emptying surplus on infrastructure

abc.net.au
16-Nov-2008 3 related
        

Mr Tanner says more spending may be required over the next six months. (AAP: Alan Porritt, file photo) The Federal Government is giving stronger indications that it will spend the remainder of the Budget surplus to make sure...

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Government blamed for car dealers crisis (AAP)

yahoo.com
16-Nov-2008 3 related
        

The lack of available finance for car dealers is due to the federal government's bungled bank deposit scheme, the opposition says. The Rudd government has offered an extra $3.2 billion to the ailing car making industry as an...

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Business warning on wages umpire

news.com.au
16-Nov-2008 5 related
        

THE Rudd Government's decision to bring back a central wage umpire with the power to settle pay claims was a return to the "bad old days" and could fuel rising unemployment, an influential business leader has warned.

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Mayors converge on Parliament House (AAP)

yahoo.com
16-Nov-2008
        

More than 550 mayors are converging on Canberra for the first Council of Australian Local Government meeting. The two-day talkfest at Parliament House, starting on Monday, will be attended by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd . The...

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Saving the world – and Australia too

thestar.com.my
16-Nov-2008
        

Insight: Down Under By JEFFREY FRANCIS NOTHING pleases the Greenies more than to have Kevin Rudd as prime minister. Last week, he bailed out the struggling car industry in Australia with a A$6.2bil lifeline with one condition....

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NZ Institute calls for economic summit

radionz.co.nz
16-Nov-2008
        

Updated at 9:52pm on 16 November 2008 The head of a business think tank is urging the new government to look at a wide-ranging summit over the challenges facing the country. The New Zealand Institute has been calling for...

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We'll have to vie for Obama's attention

news.com.au
16-Nov-2008 9 related
        

Michael Fullilove | November 17, 2008 Article from: The Australian IT turns out that John Howard was not just impolitic when he said last year that al-Qa'ida should pray "for a victory not only for Obama but also for the...

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Obama, Rudd must end the Afghan war

greenleft.org.au
16-Nov-2008
        

The November 7 Sydney Morning Herald reported that an advisor to US president-elect Barack Obama, Jeffrey Bader, had stated that the “first priority” of the Obama administration would be to seek a greater contribution from...

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AUSTRALIA: Flying the socialist flag

greenleft.org.au
16-Nov-2008
        

Start with the opportunities. The local government campaigns have also brought the Socialist Alliance into closer contact with migrant left and socialist movements, and with the working-class communities that support them, like...

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AUSTRALIA: The car companies that eat our future have their hands out — again!

greenleft.org.au
16-Nov-2008
        

AUSTRALIA The car companies that eat our future have their hands out — again! In Australia, PM Kevin Rudd has already obliged car manufacturers by doubling Howard’s corporate welfare cheque to A$6.2 billion. However, according...

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