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2010 Election
Issues and Strategies Last updated 10
December 2012 Political
Parties and Election Issues and Strategies Federal http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/gillard-waits-in-the-wings-20100318-qi86.html http://www.joehockey.com/mediahub/speeches.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_state_election,_2011 http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/voters-take-baseball-bat-to-the-ballot-box-20100319-qm9x.html http://www.barryofarrell.com.au/ http://www.andrewstoner.com.au/general/nsw-nats-team/nsw-nats-team.htm: Victoria Sydney City Council http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Council/Councillors.asp. Global
Organisations and Multilateral Institutions Associated
Press, “ Court Issues Arrest Warrants for Gaddafi and Son”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 April 2011. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/court-issues-arrest-warrants-for-gaddafi-and-son-20110627-1gnev.htm. Gareth
Evans, “When Intervening in a Conflict, Stick to UN Script”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 March
2011. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/when-intervening-in-a-conflict-stick-to-un-script-20110323-1c6kz.html. Alex
Bellamy, “We Can’t Dodge the Hard Part Stabilising Libya”, The Australian, 21 March 2011. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/we-cant-dodge-the-hard-part-stabilising-libya/story-e6frg6zo-1226025034896. Ben
Packham, “Kevin Rudd Hopes No-Fly Zone Is Not Too Late to save Libyan
People”, The Australian, 18 March
2011. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/australia-welcomes-libya-no-fly-zone/story-fn59nm2j-1226023867007. Glenda
Kwek, “Military Strikes on Libya ‘Within Hours’”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 March 2011. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/military-strikes-on-libya-within-hours-20110318-1bzii.html. The Changing World
Order NATO WTO UN Report Global Food Crisis The Food and
Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has a page on its Internet site devoted to
the global food situation. This includes a list of available reports, key
topics and media announcements. It is
available at: http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/wfs-home/en/?no_cache=1. Toi Crest, “There’s
a Food Crisis Coming”, The Times of India, 19 December 2009. Available at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Theres-a-food-crisis-coming/articleshow/5354969.cms. The World Bank’s
World Development Report 2008 is devoted to “Agriculture for
Development”. Available for download
at: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/WDR_00_book.pdf. Climate Change
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“The Impact of the
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“Longevity Management
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“Behavioural Economics
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“A Conceptual Framework
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Commentaries on Tax System
Sussanah Moran, “ATO in New Attack on
Private Equity as Assets Are Frozen”, The
Australian, 4 December 2010.
Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/ato-in-new-attack-on-private-equity-as-assets-are-frozen/story-e6frg8zx-1225965411427.
David Uren, “Henry Urges Wider Profits Tax”, The Australian, 22 June 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/henry-urges-wider-profits-tax/story-e6frg6nf-1225882484014.
Heather Ridout, “Pilloried Tax Is a Step in the Right
Direction”, The Sydney Morning Herald,
10 June 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/pilloried-tax-is-a-step-in-the-right-direction-20100609-xwq2.html.
AAP, Rivers of gold to
pay for Australians' golden years, The
Sydney Morning Herald, 2 May 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/rivers-of-gold-to-pay-for-australians-golden-years-20100502-u0yt.html.
A
copy of the Asprey Review, which is the tax review that preceded the current
tax review, is available at http://purl.library.usyd.edu.au/setis/id/p00087.
Politics of the Henry Tax Review and the superannuation
question:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/the-great-henry-tax-dilemma/story-e6frg6zo-1225842674578
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/opinion/retirees-elect-a-government-for-a-bigger-house/story-e6frgd0x-1225842748459.
Matthew Franklin, “NSW Premier Kristina Keneally Links Tax Plan
to Health”, The Australian, 10
March 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/nsw-premier-kristina-keneally-links-tax-plan-to-health/story-e6frgczf-1225838901286.
George Megalogenis, “Howard’s Tax Cuts Frustrate Rudd’s
Reforms”, The
Australian, 26 December 2009.
Available at:http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/howards-tax-cuts-frustrate-rudds-reforms/story-e6frg6zo-1225813625078.
A short note on Federal-State finances during the 2009-2010
(recession) budget, which may make a useful
comparison with the proposals contained in “Australia’s Future Tax System”,
is available at: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25686748-2702,00.html.
New
Zealand
Tim Dick, “NZ Takes a ‘Smooth Path’ to Emissions Trading”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 May
2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/nz-takes-a-smooth-path-to-emissions-trading-20100521-w1up.html
State Governments
New South Wales
Geesche
Jacobson, Anna Patty, “New State Chief Justice Sets Out Legal Access for All
as a Priority”, The Sydney Morning
Herald, 14 May 2011. Available at:
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/new-state-chief-justice-sets-out-legal-access-for-all-as-a-priority-20110513-1emca.html
AAP,
“NSW Labor ‘Lost Moral Authority’, Keating”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 March 2011. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-labor-lost-moral-authority-keating-20110329-1cetw.html.
Adam
West, “The Three Biggest Myths of the NSW Election Result”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 March
2011. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/the-three-biggest-myths-of-the-nsw-election-result-20110329-1cdsl.html.
Heath
Aston, “The O’Farrell Blueprint”, The
Sydney Morning Herald, 27 March 2011.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/state-election-2011/the-ofarrell-blueprint-20110326-1cba2.html
Alicia
Wood, “Rees Was Affair Leaker, Claims Della Bosca”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 March 2011. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/rees-was-affair-leaker-claims-della-bosca-20110324-1c8m5.html.
Matthew
Moore, “Sack the Mandarins: Kennett to O’Farrell”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 February 2011. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/state-election-2011/sack-the-mandarins-kennett-to-ofarrell-20110223-1b5no.html.
Rod
Tiffen, “Dumb or Smart? Keneally’s Chance to Choose How to Lose”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 December
2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/dumb-or-smart-keneallys-chance-to-choose-how-to-lose-20101228-1998m.html.
Sean
Nicholls, “Dysfunctional, Corrupt and Rotten, the Rnd is Finally Nigh for
Labor”, The Sydney Morning Herald,
2 September 2010,
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/dysfunctional-corrupt-and-rotten-the-end-is-finally-nigh-for-labor-20100901-14nng.html?autostart=.
Imre
Salusinszky, “Maxine McKew ‘Defied Tammany Hall’ and Paid Price”, The Australian, 26 August 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/election/maxine-mckew-defied-tammany-hall-and-paid-price/story-e6frgdbf-1225910117640.
Peter
Martin, “Stimulus Packages Prop Up Building Industry”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 June 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/stimulus-packages-prop-up-building-industry-20100616-ygev.html.
Louise
Hall, “Auditor Warns of Scope for Fraud in State Agencies”, The Sydney
Morning Herald, 16 June 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/auditor-warns-of-scope-for-fraud-in-state-agencies-20100615-ydbj.html.
New
South Wales Government Budget 2010-2011 homepage is at: http://www.budget.nsw.gov.au/
Sean
Nicholls, “Who’s Who in the Lobby Game Is Everyone’s Business”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 May
2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/whos-who-in-the-lobby-game-is-everyones-business-20100520-vlit.html.
Louise
Hall, “They Ran the State, and Now in Retirement They’re Running Up Bills”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 April
2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/they-ran-the-state-and-now-in-retirement-theyre-running-up-bills-20100429-twms.html.
Matthew
Moore, “Into a Sea of Trouble”, The
Sydney Morning Herald, 24 April 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/into-a-sea-of-trouble-20100423-tj3x.html.
Call
for inquiry:
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/call-for-inquiry-over-500m-poured-into-doomed-metro-20100320-qn7b.html.
Coal
Industry growth re Newcastle as "the world's largest coal export
port":
http://www.smh.com.au/business/misgivings-over-minerals-boom-20100316-qcoj.html.
Competing
industries:
http://www.smh.com.au/business/locals-brace-against-a-looming-coal-front-20100317-qfr8.html.
Environmental
costs re peoples health:
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/life-in-the-shadow-of-coal-central-20100318-qiia.html.
Josephine Tovey and
Andrew West, “Act Quickly Or Be Paralysed, Councils Warn”, The Sydney Morning
Herald, 18 March 2010. http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/population-boom-means-double-trouble-for-the-west-20100317-qfq0.html.
The Sydney Morning Herald, “Think, Revive and Thrive: A State Vision”, 11 March 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/think-revive-and-thrive-a-state-vision-20100310-pzei.html.
Matt O’Sullivan, “Train
Project Goes Off the Rails”, The Sydney
Morning Herald, 11 March 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/train-project-goes-off-the-rails-20100310-pz8l.html.
Brian Robins, “Demotion
for Events NSW as Macdonald is Handed the Reins”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 March 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/demotion-for-events-nsw-as-macdonald-is-handed-the-reins-20100309-pvuj.html
Kristina Keneally, Premier
of New South Wales, announced the Metropolitan Transport Plan – Connecting
the City of Cities on 22 February 2010.
The announcement is available at: http://www.accci.com.au/MTP.pdf.
List of Current Ministers of the New South Wales Parliament, with
photos, brief profile, telephone numbers and email addresses: http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/V3ListCurrentMinisters.
Chamber briefings to NSW Government
representatives.
Powerpoint presentation:
NSW-China Briefing. (426KB)
Queensland
Tony Koch, “Gordon Nuttall’s Daughter Evicted in ‘Vendetta’”, The Australian, 9 July 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/gordon-nuttalls-daughter-evicted-in-vendetta/story-e6frg6nf-1225889581845.
Transport and logistics:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/coal-miners-say-train-privatisation-plan-off-the-rails/story-e6frg6nf-1225845525874
Changing attitudes toward cabinet solidarity in Queensland: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25716480-5013479,00.html.
Tasmania:
Matthew Denholm, “Premier Backflips on Power-Sharing”, The Australian, 14 April 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/premier-backflips-on-power-sharing/story-e6frg6zo-1225853389798.
Victoria
Greg
Sheridan, “Baillieu Shows Guts on Greens”, The Australian, 18 November 2010.
Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/baillieu-shows-guts-on-greens/story-e6frg6zo-1225955203217.
AAP.
“Victorian MP Craig Langdon Names Bill Shorten among ‘Faceless Men” behind
His Demise”, The Australian, 26
August 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/victorian-labor-mp-craig-langdon-names-bill-shorten-among-faceless-men-behind-his-demise/story-e6frg6nf-1225910388357
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/victorian-labor-mp-craig-langdon-names-bill-shorten-among-faceless-men-behind-his-demise/story-e6frg6nf-1225910388357
Lauren
Wilson, “John Brumby Caves in on Graft”, The
Australian, 3 June 2010. Available
at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/john-brumby-caves-in-on-graft/story-e6frg6nf-1225874750801.
Ewin
Hannan, “Union Abandons Labor in Favour of Greens”, The Australian, 1 May 2010.
Available at:, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/union-abandons-labor-in-favour-of-greens/story-e6frg6nf-1225860821505.
Western Australia
Editorial,
“A Booming Question for Australia’s Leaders”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 May 2011. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/editorial/a-booming-question-for-australias-leaders-20110520-1ewp6.html.
David
Humphries, “A Plundered State Toys with Cry for Freedom, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 December 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/a-plundered-state-toys-with-cry-for-freedom-20101203-18jw9.html.
Patricia
Karvelas, “Julia Gillard’s Special Health Deal for the West”, The Australian, 31 July 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/julia-gillards-special-health-deal-for-the-west/story-e6frgczf-1225890964082.
Richard
Ackland, “Hey Hey, It’s a Very Sad Day for Justice”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 June 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/hey-hey-its-a-very-sad-day-for-justice-20100610-y0cz.html.
City Governments
State
of Australian Cities
State of Australian Cities 2010 Report is available at: http://www.infrastructureaustralia.gov.au/files.MCU_SOAC.pdf.
Property
markets
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/chinese-buyers-underpin-housing-prices/story-e6frg9gx-1225846176644.
Matthew
Moore, “Cut To Developer Levy Will Send Rates Soaring”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 June 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/cut-to-developer-levy-will-send-rates-soaring-20100610-y0ms.htm.
Brisbane
Municipal Government
Natasha
Bita, “Brisbane’s Toll-Pooling Plan May Double Debt”, The Australian, 4 December 2010.
Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/brisbanes-toll-pooling-plan-may-double-debt/story-fn59niix-1225965404265.
Greater
Sydney Municipal Governments
Media releases from Don Page MP, Minister for Local Government,
Minister for the North Coast, February 2012.:
http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_generalindex.asp?mi=6&ml=4&areaindex=LGRPBP
http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/documents/information/PPP_Guidelines.pdf
Mathew Moore, “Population Boom Means Double Trouble for the
West”, The Sydney Morning Herald,
18 March 2010. Available at. http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/population-boom-means-double-trouble-for-the-west-20100317-qfq0.html.
Public Feedback is invited in reference to the draft of Sustainable
Sydney 2030 strategy. The introduction by the Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP is
available at: http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/2030/documents/LMCMMP.pdf.
A download of the plan is available at:http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/2030/theplan/Downloads.asp.
Briefing paper from the City of Parramatta: http://www.parracity.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/12851/Community_Hubs_Briefing_Paper_26-09-07_website.pdf.
“Mr Rudd, Why Did You Forget Parramatta”, media release by
Chiang Lim, Deputy Mayor of Parramatta, 16 March 2010. Available at: http://www.chianglim.com.au/news/media_releases/prime_minister_rudd_dont_take_parramatta_for_granted/menu_id_115.html.
Further
to above letter, “Chiang Lim Goes to Federal Cabinet”. Available at: http://www.chianglim.com.au/blog/blog/chiang_lim_goes_to_federal_cabinet/menu_id_106.html.
Diane
Bartok, “Lord Mayoral Vote Vetoed”, Parramatta
Adviser, 24 March 2010. Available
at: http://parramatta-advertiser.whereilive.com.au/news/story/popular-vote-vetoed/.
Internet addresses of strategically positioned Greater Sydney
Municipal Governments:
1) City of Sydney CBD - capital of Eastern Sydney Region - www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/
2) Parramatta City - capital of Central Sydney Region - www.parracity.nsw.gov.au/
3) Lithgow City - capital of Western Sydney Region - www.lithgow.nsw.gov.au/
4) Newcastle City - capital of Northern Sydney Region - www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/
5) Wollongong City - capital of Southern Sydney Region - www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au
Internet addresses for regional profiles from the NSW Department
of State and Regional Development:
Hunter and Central
Coast - ACCCI Northern Sydney Region -http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/region/profiles/Hunter.htm and http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/region/profiles/Central+Coast.htm.
Western Sydney- ACCCI Central Sydney Region - http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/region/profiles/westernsydney.htm.
Blue Mountains and Central West- ACCCI Western Sydney Region
http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/region/profiles/Central+West.htm
Sydney- ACCCI Eastern Sydney Region
http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/investment/ and
http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/investment/sydney_movie.htm
Illawarra –
ACCCI Southern Sydney Region -
http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/region/profiles/Illawarra.htm
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