Monthly Archives: April 2011

Australia’s dubious and enduring political mantra, ‘Go For Growth’

Have a read of this excerpt from Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s speech, delivered at the Sydney Institute (Luna Park “campus”), 13 April 2011: “Friends, we have a fiscal framework aimed at making the boom last and not adding to the … Continue reading

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The perversion of social democracy in Australia (re-post)

This post: ‘The Perversion of Social Democracy in Australia’, was originally published here at the ABC ‘The Drum’ website 11 April, 2011. Check out the link as the formatting is much better than I can do here on WordPress! And … Continue reading

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