PM decides: Election set for Sept 7
Kevin Rudd plans to visit the Governor-General on Sunday or Monday to seek approval for an election on September 7.
Sources have told Fairfax Media that Mr Rudd has now settled on the date and will fire the starter’s gun on what promises to be one of the...
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Schools aren't allowed to modify the CSSA trial except to replace questions that cover content that hasn't been taught yet. Either the school next door was breaching their agreement with CSSA or they weren't doing the CSSA paper at all.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/unsw-cuts-arts-jobs-as-entry-limits-reduce-roll/story-e6frgcjx-1226683974694
THE University of NSW is looking to cut up to 35 jobs in the arts faculty, partly because student numbers are expected to fall as a result of Fred Hilmer's new minimum...
Newspoll is 52-48 to the Coalition.
http://www.news.com.au/national-news/nsw-act/testing-time-for-kevin-rudds-png-hellhole-solution/story-fnii5s3x-1226683421329
Still no poll besides the discredited Morgan has had Labor in front. Not for 2.5 years now. They'd be quite disappointed to not get a...
http://www.newsroom.immi.gov.au/photos/first-group-of-asylum-seekers-transferred-to-png-under-new-government-policy-4
"A female asylum seeker comes to terms with the fact she won’t be settled in Australia."
Government is running this taxpayer funded ad in all of today's national and capital city newspapers. Yes, that's right, running in Australian papers. Shows just what a cynical ploy this is. Probably one of the most disgraceful government ad campaigns of recent times. Taxpayer funded just weeks...
"only single adult males will be shipped to PNG. Women and children will be kept in Australia and families will not be split up, in a move which could see more women and children put on boats by people smugglers. "
And there's the policy's gaping hole.
The smugglers will simply load up the...
For the house of reps it is the voter who has full control over where their preferences go. In the senate there is always below the line voting.
A lot of outrage tonight re asylum policy, but Rudd knows that most of these 'lost' voters will preference labor higher than the coalition anyway...
Two newspapers take on the same story:
Jakarta opens door to tow-backs
JAKARTA has raised the possibility of co-operating with the Coalition in turning asylum-seeker boats back at sea.
Abbott at odds over tow-back policy
Indonesian minister warns federal Opposition over ''unilateral action''...
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/schools-defend-right-to-expel-gays-20130706-2pirh.html
A bid to overturn controversial laws allowing private schools to expel students simply because they are gay has been rejected by some faith-based schools as a threat to their religious freedom.
Economists will also tell you that most of that reduction is not due to the carbon tax or government climate change policy.
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http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/shame-shame-shame-australias-first-muslim-frontbencher-abused-for-taking-oath-on-koran-20130702-2p8l2.html
The Prime...