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Federal Government body Skills Australia has released a discussion paper on vocational education and training (VET) which asks the questions that need answering if we are to get a VET system that avoids wacky results like this one (p. 42 … Continue reading →

The transcript of last Thursday’s Senate Estimates hearing in Canberra reveals SA Senator Nick Xenophon has accused Coles of predatory pricing against SA-owned Drake Supermarkets, which has recently opened a store in Caboolture (see page E8 of the transcript). Questioning … Continue reading →

Queensland Transport Minister and MP for Ipswich Rachel Nolan will be disappointed that Ipswich City Council isn’t helping her achieve the ambitious targets for cycling in the Government’s Draft Connecting SEQ Strategy.  The Queensland Times reports today (Riders to rally … Continue reading →

Prime Minister Julia Gillard deserves applause for her tough stance on corporate welfare, which she announced in Brisbane yesterday: Gillard says she won’t be hurling money at business The PM is keen to boost our productivity performance, which has been … Continue reading →

There could be more economic turbulence ahead according to the latest OECD leading indicator data, which combine a number of leading indicators of economic activity (e.g., building approvals, share prices, terms of trade) into a single indicator for each of … Continue reading →

Today’s Courier-Mail reports: Fewer than 100 people have applied for the State Government’s $4,000 Regional First Home Owner Grant, leaving a question mark over the scheme’s future. A 12-month trial was launched in June to entice first-home buyers to settle … Continue reading →

The longest-serving Chairman of the US Federal Reserve (from 1951 to 1970), William McChesney Martin, Jr, once observed that the role of the Federal Reserve – the equivalent of our Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) – is “to take away … Continue reading →

Premier Anna Bligh is currently in Delhi lobbying to bring the 2018 Commonwealth Games to the Gold Coast.  The ABC (Bligh pitches Gold Coast bid to Games federation) reports Ms Bligh as commenting: “The Commonwealth Games has the capacity to … Continue reading →

Today’s Sunshine Coast Daily reports: A SOUTHERN Downs tourism operator has slammed the latest Tourism Queensland advertising campaign as “beach-centric” and accuses the organisation of selling out the bush. Stanthorpe accommodation provider Phil Moye said he was “completely frustrated” with … Continue reading →