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Rudd and Roxon take their inspiration from Sir Humphrey
After two years of no progress on the state of public hospitals and with only one GP super clinic established, Kevin Rudd and Nicola Roxon have today opened a cancer centre with no staff and no patients.Kevin Rudd’s opening of the Alan Walker Cancer Care Centre in Darwin today bears an uncanny ...
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Regional Health Chronically Neglected by Labor
Today’s release of the report on the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease highlights some alarming trends in regional Australia. Increased risk factors such as obesity and sedentary lifestyles are considerably more prevalent in regional Australia, yet the Rudd ...
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Gillard's Inaction Causes Chinese to Issue Warnings
Poor scheduling of legislation by the Rudd Labor Government is likely to blame for the Chinese Education Ministry issuing a warning to Chinese students, advising them against enrolling in private colleges in Australia. “The Government failed to schedule the Education Services for Overseas Students ...
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Still no sports policy
Today’s long awaited release of the government’s review into sport confirms that Australia’s sporting community will have to wait another six months – at least – to see a sports policy from this Sports Minister. After taking 14 ½ months to complete and release the review, the announcement that we ...
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Statement on the future of a grade separation at the South Road and Sturt Road intersection
Dr SOUTHCOTT (Boothby) (6:46 PM) —Like many residents of southern Adelaide, I was very pleased to learn that the state government proposed and committed to building an underpass, taking South Road under Sturt Road at Bedford Park, at a cost of about $140 million. This commitment was made in their ...
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Second Reading Speech on the Social Security Amendment (National Green Jobs Corps Supplement) Bill
Dr SOUTHCOTT (Boothby) (7:28 PM) —The Social Security Amendment (National Green Jobs Corps Supplement) Bill 2009 seeks to introduce a training supplement of $41.60 a fortnight to eligible participants in the Green Jobs Corps. Before speaking on the second reading motion, it is important to go back ...
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