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GAP Forum calls for a more competitive urban water market
alison gordon | August 6, 2009
As Project Manager for the GAP Forum on Urban Water Reform, in partnership with the Allen Consulting Group, I am very pleased with the final report of recommendations, officially launched on Tuesday, 4 August 2009, in Parliament House, Canberra by the Hon. Dr Mike Kelly AM MP. -
Politics & Spatial Information
Gary Nairn | August 4, 2009Almost 20 years ago, as a surveyor in private practice, and as someone who had a passing interest in politics, I presented a paper at a surveying conference, titled “Surveying the Political Landscape”.
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Taxing the poor to pay for teeth
John.Humphreys | August 4, 2009Raising the Medicare levy to fund Denticare could place a disproportionate burden on low income earners.
In the middle of a global recession, the government is considering a regressive increase in income tax.
Specifically, they want to increase the marginal tax rate by 8.5 percent for low-income workers and by 0.75 percent for everybody else.
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UncategorisedVOICES FROM AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST
editor | August 3, 2009Lynette Mwangi exposes the political shenanigans and environmental disaster which is Kenya’s Mau Forest swindle. Faiza Alaraji updates us on life at home in Iraq since the 2003 invasion. Sikni Hamka wonders about how the diplomacy of opportunism will impact upon Australian business as a result of that invasion. Leila Mouri doubts Iranian feminism will benefit from all the President’s women in Ahmadinejad’s new cabinet.
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Location Based Services of the Future
Warwick Watkins | August 3, 2009As with many areas of online service delivery, spatial information is becoming an increasingly important aspect of our daily lives.
Where once we reached for the street map atlas, now we have in-car, voice-mediated, global positioning systems guiding us to our destination. This is one area where the move
away from paper based services to online technology has certainly moved ahead of the game as location based services are commonly provided via computers, mobile telephones and PDA deices. -
Moti and Hu: Do the Charges fit their Crimes?
Susan Merrell | July 31, 2009Montesquieu would turn in his grave.
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License to Drive in the Digital Economy
joanneryan | July 29, 2009In the digital economy, teaching people to drive should be given as much significance as the road building.
The announcement by Telstra that they will be charging for over the counter and mail bill payments is food for thought about what the digital economy will mean for those citizens left behind in the rush to roll out the NBN and the technology that follows across Australia.
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How do we Celebrate Giving?
Peter Fritz | July 28, 2009Big figures are not the key indicator to recognising generosity; and all generous giving should be honoured in the interest of encouraging more of it.
In My Fair Lady, the exchange between Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle speaks volumes about the relative value of a shilling.
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The Healthy Man Study
Leon Flicker | July 28, 2009Ageing isn’t simply a matter of time. Long term research conducted in Perth in to the causes of bodily ageing is providing insights for the Healthy Man.
Why is it that we become frail as we age?
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Adverse Communication
Neil Batt | July 27, 2009After the Labor Party and the electorate had combined together to conclude my political career I took a job as Executive Director of the Health Benefits Council. This was an organisation which had been established by the health insurance funds operating or having their head offices in Victoria and the intention was to have a stronger voice in the creation of health policy as it concerned the health insurance industry. It was also intended to liaise with and influence the private hospitals, the department of Human Services and the various professional bodies.
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Carbon Trading a Symptom of Inaction
Dion_Milok | July 24, 2009The current carbon industry has it all wrong. The focus is wrong and the objectives are not achievable. Most people have no idea what it is and how they can help or become a part of it.
