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05.06.09Rudd Prepares For Military Strike By China – But Why?Australia 'enjoys' an uncertain relationship with China. Two stories caught my eye in the last week which illustrate this point. 1. Kevin Rudd announced a 3 per cent increase in defence spending and directly references the military build up in China as the justification for the spend, which will be detailed in the upcoming Federal budget. Current annual defence funding is in excess of $20bn. 2. The Reserve Bank takes the decision not to cut interest rates and cites recovery in China and the firming up of commodity prices as a key driver for an upswing in the Australian economy. So in a nutshell ...
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04.07.09Australian Federal Government Announces the Result of its National Broaband Network nbn Tender...and the winner is? No-One! oh, hold on ...the Government! The Government awarded the contract for its National Broadband Network build to itself having 'formally teminated' the NBN tender. The proposals submitted by Acacia, Axia Netmedia, Optus, Tasmania, Telstra and TransACT were 'under-developed' - especially Telstra's effort. The Australian Federal Government will establish a public private partnership to roll out 'the largest investment in infrastructure' in Australia's history. In five years time the Government will sell down the company as a wholesale and open access network operator. The Government also announced a discussion paper to seek public comment on ways to improve telecommunications regulation to make it work more effectively in ...
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04.06.09Social Networks Weaken Arguments Against National Identity CardsIn April 2006, the Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced plans to introduce an Access Card system for health and welfare services. The half baked proposal received a lot of negative press and the Government was accused of attempting to introduce an national identity card by stealth. The Labour Government dropped the idea shortly after winning the 2007 Federal election. [caption id="attachment_555" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Do you know who I am? "][/caption] The Access Card was the latest attempt by Federal and State Governmentin Australia to introduce an identity card. The world has changed significantly since 2006 - we've seen a major shift in ...
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03.13.08Smart Card?The issue of a Smart Card for public health services is back on the agenda in Australia. It seems like a no brainer to me to consolidate various social services and entitlements onto one identity card to improve management of public funds and reduce fraud. The Liberal opposition has accussed Kevin Rudd of backflipping. There is no doubt that this was a pretty controversial policy prior to the election. Both parties did their best to distance themselves from the idea in the run up to the election, the Labour Party more so (since it wasn't their idea). This week, Shadow Human Services ...
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01.29.08New media in the 2007 Australian Federal electionJust got in from a presentation at the Australian Centre for Public Communication, a faculty within the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Professor Jim Macnamara presented the results of a research report entitled E-Electioneering: Use of New Media in the 2007 Australian Federal Election. The objectives of the research were to: Capture data on the frequency and type of new media used by Australian Federal politicians, parties, interest groups and activists Provide an analysis of the new media used to identify the range of viewpoints and the level of interactivity and community engagement attempted or achieved Overall, the level of engagement achieved had been ...
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