On Census night 2006 there were approximately 105,000 people classed as homeless in Australia. The ABS arrived at this figure based on the data collected from the 2006 Census in conjunction with other key datasets. That the ABS had to rely on external data reflects the difficulties in counting the number of people experiencing homelessness. […]
Ross Gittins is spot on in his criticism of Malcolm Turnbull’s debt arguments against the federal government. As I have said before Atlantis: Milo’s Return move The Hunchback of Notre Dame ipod Derailed video the Liberal party in Australia places very little currency in educating the Australian public about economic issues — indeed, it is in their interests to […]
Sam Molloy’s sophistry (he is debating captain after all) is not convincing. “Choice”, both “practical” and “moral” is the crux of his argument in favour of retaining public funding of private schools. “Practical choice” in his argument, is about recognising individual differences, and finding the best educational institutions to meet the needs of individual students. […]
The Howard government was not a fan of Australia’s institutions, taking many opportunities to pummel, among other things, our universities, the ABC, and even our courts. We thought we were getting change last November, but Lord almighty, look what Kevin’s doing. Spending cuts (and raises for that matter) are not inherently good. They must be evaluated […]
John Hatzistergos, the NSW A-G, has taken a swipe at Michael Kirby who earlier in the week gave a speech proposing some law reform Nocturna divx Cleopatra video The Quest rip (namely, a charter of rights, and limits on the tenure of judges). Rather nasty I think. A bit like Philip Ruddock attacking the federal courts during his tenure as Commonwealth […]
