Search results for "beyond federation"
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Strengthening the north is a strategic priority
Michael Shoebridge | February 18, 2019Renewing a serious Australian defence presence in the nation’s north should become a compelling and increasingly urgent matter of strategic policy and capability planning given increasing regional threats.
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New roles for the Commonwealth
Derek McDougall | April 16, 2018The Commonwealth has been in the news as the Games end on the Gold Coast and attention shifts to the Heads of Government Meeting in London. It makes a good time to consider the significance of this multilateral forum in today’s international affairs.
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Stuck in the middle? Mid-sized enterprises in Australia
Mark Cully | September 15, 2017Does Australia have too few mid-sized and large businesses and what barriers inhibit their growth? Mark Cully, Chief Economist at the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science outlines the three underlying drivers in a speech given at Global Access Partners Annual Economic Summit on 8 September, 2017.
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Health funding – how do we pay for health care?
Ian McAuley | June 26, 2017Government policies on health care are strongly focussed on short-term fiscal costs, achieved by incremental tweaks to existing programs. It’s fifty years, however, since there has been a wide inquiry into how we fund health care. We need to be considering some basic questions about how we pay for health care, writes Ian McAuley.
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Weathering the political storm
Max Thomas | October 6, 2016Recent wild and stormy weather caused widespread power outages in South Australia. Max Thomas comments on the ensuing political storm from both sides of the renewables debate.
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A vision for Australian democracy
Bede Harris | May 29, 2015Australians feel increasingly disenchanted with the political system. Bede Harris says change can only occur if Australians overcome their political apathy and aversion to constitutional change and take the initiative to demand electoral reform.
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Teachers make a difference
Maurie Mulheron | February 13, 2013President of the NSW Teachers Federation, Maurie Mulheron, shares the inspirational stories behind a new campaign about the importance of teachers in our public schools.
Teachers in the Public Education System make a difference every day to the lives of their students.
In January this year the Teachers Federation launched a digital, television and cinema campaign celebrating the work of teachers in public schools and colleges throughout New South Wales. It honours their dedication, professionalism and commitment to the students they teach in the New South Wales Public Education System.
We invited people to share their stories about teachers who have made a positive difference to their lives.
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Australia in the Asian century
Craig Emerson | October 2, 2012Craig Emerson spoke at the 2012 Global Access Partners Economic Summit on Productivity about the importance of taking advantage of the Asian Century. Below is an edited version of his speech.
I am going to look at the position of Australia now at this early part of the Asian Century – how we got to where we are, to set the scene for the policy challenges that we see are relevant to ensuring that Australia truly is at the right place at the right time in the Asian region, in the Asian Century.
I could go back to the period following the Second World War to note that Ben Chifley at least identified the opportunities of Australia engaging with what I think he described as the teaming masses of Asia. He saw this as a very big market and in 1957 he signed the Commerce Agreement between Australia and Japan, inspired in the work of John McEwan.
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Five Ways to Flourish!
Clive Leach | March 29, 2010In February I attended the 2nd Australian Positive Psychology & Well-being Conference at Monash University. It was fascinating to learn more about the evidence-based practice being undertaken in these fields and how it is really beginning to influence social, economic, education, health and business policy. The key take-away for me however was from a presentation by Felicia Huppert from the University of Cambridge Well-being Institute.
Felicia talked about the recent research and work that has been done to define, measure and promote flourishing within the population. The findings add tremendous value to my work as a coach and facilitator but I believe they are equally relevant to parents, managers, teachers, workplace colleagues – in fact anyone who wants the very best for those around them!
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An Open Letter to the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition, 18 March 2003
Jim Staples | February 16, 2010Published below is the transcript of an open letter to the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition delivered on the eve of Australia's invasion if Iraq in 2003.
An open letter to the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition on the law of war-making in Australia, J.F. Staples, 144 Shepherd Road, Bywong 2621, Tuesday 18 March 2003.
Gentlemen,
What is projected by you, the Prime Minister, and not dearly and firmly opposed by you, the Leader of the Opposition – with your nimble footwork back and forth, and from side to side on the morality of the issue – is an act of aggression against the state of Iraq, its territory and its people.
Not only is it an unprovoked act of war contrary to the law of nations and contrary to the United Nations Charter, it is an invasion of the Australian Constitution.
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The Maximalist Republic: Minimalism no longer a viable option
Klaas Woldring | September 1, 2009The Australian Republican Movement (ARM) initiated the debate, but that Movement as well as the ALP and some Coalition politicians deliberately considered only the replacement of the Queen by an Australian President as Head of State. The entire 1990s debate concentrated on that change rather than on the much more important issue “What Kind of Republic?” and the process by which that could be achieved.
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Maintain the pressure on regulatory reform
John Tucker | May 15, 2009Better regulation is about informed choice between regulatory options.
