Australian households would be about $3,800 a year better off in 2020 with super-fast broadband like Labor’s National Broadband Network (NBN), according to new research commissioned by the Labor Government.
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BUT.. which NBN plans are they referring to?
Telstra NBN plans start at 12Mbps, about HALF the ADSL2+ maximum … Read the rest
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the Coalition’s paid parental leave scheme would cost more than childcare payments to families.
Paid Parental Leave
The Coalition’s paid parental leave scheme will pay a parent 26 weeks’ leave at full replacement salary. The payment is capped at $75,000.
Expected Costs
$9.8 billion. Two … Read the rest
The 2013 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 9 March 2013.
This was a win by the Liberal Party, led by Colin Barnett.
The 2015 Queensland state election was held on Saturday 24 March 2012.
This was a win by the Liberal National (LNP), led by Campbell Newman.
As it is election time again, and we see all the people out and about placing their votes, the cost of this entire process pops into my mind.
How much will this 2010 Election cost us this year ?
The cost of the … Read the rest
The Australian 2010 Federal Election was held on 21st August 2010, just 2 years and 9 months after the last Federal election.
The population of Australia at the time of this election is estimated to be: 22,467,101
The number of Australians enrolled to vote in … Read the rest
For those considering voting Green in the 2010 Federal Election, you can see the Australian Greens policies at: http://greens.org.au/policies
Checking the Economics policies, these are a selection of them:
Increase the company tax rate to 33%
Abolishing the 30% Private Health Insurance Rebate in order to increase funding for public … Read the rest
The Galaxy polling company will select about 200 undecided voters to put questions to both the Prime Minister and Tony Abbott on their policies and visions for the country.
The forum will be televised live around the nation by Sky News from 6pm Monday 9th August 2010
Will the treasurers have a public debate ?
24 Mar 2010 … “I have challenged Wayne Swan to debate the last 12 months. He refuses to debate me on the economy,” Mr Hockey said.
“I say again, I am happy to debate the treasurer anywhere, anytime.”
Source: smh.com.au
21 Jul … Read the rest
At the time of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), one of the government plans to help to keep Australia working was the now infamous School Halls Building Project, a part of the Building the Education Revolution (BER).
This was conceived to build school halls quickly for … Read the rest
