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The Tasmanian Liberal Party, now in opposition, is running with a new youth-bashing policy in the lead-up to the next state election. The election will take place early next year.
On July 31, Wollongong's satirical 鈥楤illionaires for Coal鈥 group rallied outside the ALP national conference in Sydney to congratulate the party on a 鈥渏ob well done鈥.
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Former Queensland Labor cabinet minister Gordon Nuttall was sentenced to seven years jail on July 17. He was found guilty of corruptly receiving secret payments from two Queensland businessmen.
If the rhetoric of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission鈥檚 report on Australia鈥檚 health system is taken at face value, health care in Australia will get an impressive overhaul courtesy of the federal government.
The Tasmanian Labour Party held its state conference in Hobart on July 26. It adopted a new policy in support of same-sex marriage after a close vote.
鈥淭he system here in Victoria for delivering quality training to both domestic students and international students is working very, very well鈥, Jacinta Allan, Victorian skills and workplace participation minister told ABC Stateline on July 24 in response to criticisms of Australia鈥檚 international education market.
To win the battle to stop climate change, climate activists in Queensland have an important part to play. The Queensland ALP government is a strong backer of Australia鈥檚 biggest polluters.
Australian Coal Association (ACA) executive director Ralph Hillman believes the industry doesn鈥檛 want special treatment from the Rudd Labor government. It just wants the same 鈥渇air treatment鈥 given to other big polluters under the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS).
Five Filipino workers holding 457 visas, who were employed at a Fletcher International abattoir near Albany, were made redundant and given 10 weeks鈥 entitlement pay on June 2.
Socialist Alliance member Fred Fuentes is currently working in Caracas, Venezuela. Last week, he wrote back on the political situation there.
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