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2012/05/27 08:45

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Aboriginal group rejects NT intervention

... laws comply with the Racial Discrimination Act. The Stronger Futures laws continue the former Howard government's Northern Territory intervention introduced in 2007 to address violence and...

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2012/05/27 02:26

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Greg Combet joins Insiders

... Australian pay and conditions and understood their rights. You might remember during the Howard government period there were numerous instances of abuse of this sort of program. We have...

2012/05/25 21:32

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Reith gets aboard for TV's roughest ride

... But when the producers of the SBS series Go Back To Where You Came From approached the former Howard government minister Peter Reith, he decided it was the role of a lifetime. ''I was not...

2012/05/25 20:57

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Former PMs cost nearly $1m for year

... and the former ALP member for Maribyrnong in Victoria Alan Griffiths ($30,337). Former Howard government minister Mal Brough, who has signalled his intention to seek pre-selection in the...

2012/05/25 04:17

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Economists warn boom will end

... perhaps by establishing a sovereign wealth fund, rather than passing it back, like the Howard government did, to taxpayers. "What we should be doing is running bigger Budget surpluses...

2012/05/24 03:15

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Amnesty slams UN peace failures, Malaysia solution

... which would extend by a decade the Northern Territory Intervention first introduced by the Howard government - would marginalise and disenfranchise indigenous Australians. The Amnesty...

2012/05/23 23:28

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Clever money backing legal online gambling

... department was finalising its review of the Interactive Gambling Act, introduced under the Howard government in 2001. Industry members have confirmed Mr Bryan's email, saying senior...

2012/05/23 23:20

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Future Fund's tobacco investment soars 50%

... before the government had even considered him. The $77 billion fund was set up by the Howard government to help pay federal public servants' pensions, but is now under fire for its...

2012/05/23 02:55

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Govt pounces on Libs IR reform talk

... there will be no return to Work Choices, the controversial IR regime of the Howard government, the MPs have told The Australian Financial Review.Parliament secretary Mark...

2012/05/23 00:17

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Monarchist Jim Frecklington wants $5m for Queen's...

... he originally planned to gift to the Queen when she turned 80. In 2006 the former Howard government gave the Manly-based coach maker $245,000 to assist with the project, however Mr...

2012/05/22 23:48

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School funds cut fear Today's News

... the 2012 Budget perpetuated a funding pattern based on the policy directions of the former Howard government since 2001. He said the Howard model had been widely criticised as inequitable and...

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2012/05/21 20:48

5d

In the dark on trade deal

... trade agreements is because of the impact of its previous free trade agreements. After the Howard government signed the United States-Australia FTA last decade China hit back by stitching up...

2012/05/21 13:46

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The tide of public opinion is turning against imm...

... cultural benefits to Australia, but net overseas migration numbers had blown out under the Howard government due to an influx of low-skilled workers who abused the system. "Our immigration...

2012/05/21 09:25

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Independent body needed to preserve integrity of ...

Reports, an outgrowth of the fiscal responsibility legislation put in place by the Howard government in 1998. It was also the location of a heated exchange between Professor Adrian...

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2012/05/21 05:24

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Former childcare minister takes stand in ABC Lear...

... there were enough acquisitions already "in the pipeline" to satisfy shareholders that ABC would meet its projected growth. Mr Anthony served as childcare minister in the Howard g...

2012/05/21 04:44

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Estimates reveal more blow outs on way as boat ar...

... have arrived illegally since they abolished the proven border protection policies of the Howard government – this is no longer a border protection crisis it is a complete and utter collapse...

2012/05/21 03:05

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Opposition warns of detention centre chaos after ...

... Scott Morrison today told parliament that if the government failed to restore the Howard government's tough border protection policy it could expect chaos in detention...

2012/05/20 23:29

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Campbell Newman's LNP Government grants itself to...

... fining individual workers, and capping pay rises. In a move that has been compared to the Howard government's controversial WorkChoices, the LNP is set to overhaul industrial relations laws...

2012/05/20 20:47

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Private equity on the nose as deals go south

... that price looked even more expensive when the federal government decided to reverse the Howard government's tax concession on ready-to-drink beverages (more commonly known as the...

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