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The Pitfalls of Outsourcing Public Welfare & Healthcare

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When it comes to rooting out wasteful spending in federal entitlement programs, attention has long focused on preventing beneficiaries from gaming the system.   A new Stanford study identifies a fresh cause for concern: the for-profit companies that the U.S. government increasingly tasks with providing benefits to Americans who are often...
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Leadership drought reaps its harvest

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Leadership drought reaps its harvest As John Hewson wrote, The global world of politics is beginning to embrace the digital newsroom adage: Wrong, but not for long! Political leaders shoot from the hip under some perceived pressure to state an ill-considered position for short-term political advantage, only to change their...
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Viewpoint: What’s in half a degree of climate change?

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Viewpoint: What's in half a degree of climate change? Our dual needs to save the planet and power our modern lives have thrown a spotlight on the way we produce and use energy. Bombarded by often contradictory information about energy consumption and the urgency of our climate change goals, people are demanding...
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Lobbyists, Influencers and self interest. Welcome to Scott Morrison’s informed world

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'Brutal': Marcia Langton, early backer of welfare card, savages its roll out One of the few Indigenous community leaders who backed the cashless welfare card in its infancy has changed her mind, accusing the government of running a "brutal" program that has become little more than a "big stick to...
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Arrogant out of touch bankers

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'Protected species': Former bank executive Rob Ferguson gives big four a serve Rob Ferguson’s CV reeks corporate establishment. He clocked 15 years at the top of one of Australia’s largest and most successful investment banks, BT, and two decades sitting around the boardroom tables of big-end-of-town companies including Westfield and...
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Media freedom is at risk when Nine hosts a Liberal fundraiser

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The money-raising hosted by Nine had none of the sleaziness and claimed illegality of the $100,000 donation a Chinese property developer allegedly delivered to the NSW ALP in that now-notorious Aldi bag. The Nine Entertainment CEO, Hugh Marks, has told his newspaper editors it was a mistake to host a...
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The full list of 3000-plus speed camera sites in Queensland

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Leadfoot drivers pour millions of dollars into the Queensland government's coffers every year. Government revenue from fines and forfeitures, which includes fixed and mobile camera offences, speeding and tolling offences, is expected to grow by 7.9 per cent to $478 million in 2019-20, budget papers reveal. Even though a full list...
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Xi Jinping president of China

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Xi Jinping was the son of Xi Zhongxun, who once served as deputy prime minister of China and was an early comrade-in-arms of Mao Zedong. The elder Xi, however, was often out of favour with his party and government, especially before and during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76) and after...
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The Amazon is on fire – here are 5 things you need to know

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The Amazon is on fire – here are 5 things you need to know Huge fires are raging across multiple regions of the Amazon Basin. Guaira Maia/ISA Danilo Ignacio de Urzedo, University of Sydney Record fires are raging in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, with more than 2,500 fires currently burning. They are collectively emitting...
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The Strait of Hormuz is the most important oil choke point in the world. Use our interactive map to explore it

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The Strait of Hormuz is the most important oil choke point in the world. Use our interactive map to explore it Wes Mountain, The Conversation After months of increasing tension between Iran and the US, on Tuesday the Morrison government committed a warship, surveillance aircraft and about 200 troops to a...
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