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The 2019 Pork Barrel Election

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Captains pick Ita Buttrose has been noticeably quite since she was elected unopposed after rigorous selection processes Global recruitment firm Korn Ferry started the recruitment process, and an independent nominations panel assessed the best candidates.The nomination panel was chaired by former Treasury head and ex-Westpac board member Ted Evans and...
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Weasels win from any cycle of vengence

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According to Katharine Murphy, Morrison has been flat out trying to hold his team together sufficiently to get through next week, the final three sitting days of this parliament, without looking like a rabble, and to propel his troops into the election that will follow hot on the heels...
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How a power station sold for peanuts became a $730 million asset

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It might rank as the deal of the century — but an appalling result for New South Wales taxpayers. In November 2015, the NSW Government offloaded Vales Point Power Station — an old, polluting coal-fired plant on the shores of Lake Macquarie — for $1 million. Suburban homes sell for more. A...
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Democracy’s danger hidden in plain sight

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We obsess over our pollies’ private flaws and peccadilloes and call this politics when actually it’s just gossip. But when it comes to researching the backgrounds, affiliations and voting records that might deliver politicians, policies and projects we believe in – nah, forget it. Even if we wanted to...
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Is it time to ditch the private health insurance rebate? It’s a question Labor can’t ignore

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Is it time to ditch the private health insurance rebate? It's a question Labor can't ignore Premium subsidies encourage Australians to take out and keep private health insurance. Shutterstock Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia...
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It all begins again. Politicians chasing money and donors

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Do we want or deserve neo-liberalism ? It all begins again The retirement announcement of Julie Bishop, late on Thursday afternoon, was a signature Bishop move. Stylish, timed for maximum impact, and full of coded messages. Where does it start It all begins by others having the foresight to befriend aspiring political aspirants...
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How one think tank poisoned Australia’s climate debate

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One of the Institute of Public Affair's greatest successes has been to stitch climate denialism into the very fabric of the conservative political identity. From anti-vaxxers to climate deniers to a general simmering scepticism of science, denialism in all its forms is everywhere. Crikey is presenting a four-part series on how the...
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Murray-Darling Basin (SA) Royal Commission Report

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It is not sufficient to make broad comments and recommendations about what should be fixed without recognizing and taking into account why and how such matters got to the stage of needing to be fixed. For example, it is clear that the management of the Basin’s water resources in a...
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The more women in government, the healthier a population

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End Washington Corruption Washington works great for the wealthy and the well-connected, but it isn’t working for anyone else. Companies and wealthy individuals spend billions every year to influence Congress and federal agencies to put their interests ahead of the public interest. This is deliberate, and we need to call...
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Shorten’s victory will bring dangerous counter strikes from a desperate government

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View from the Hill: Shorten's victory will bring dangerous counter strikes from a desperate government Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra An extraordinary amount of hype and some confected hysteria preceded Tuesday’s vote on the medical transfer legislation. The government threw everything at trying to avoid a defeat. In a last stand, it...
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