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    Asylum seekers and refugees—how will they be affected by this year’s Budget? [Publications]
    May 10, 2013 Asylum seekers and refugees—how will they be affected by this year’s Budget? It is expected that there will be several items in this year’s Budget directly affecting asylum seekers and refugees, some of which will require significant increases in expenditure. In particular, funding associated with the cost
    Date: 10/05/2013 - Collection: Publications - ID: library/prspub/2438999 - Source: FlagPost - Author: PHILLIPS, Janet

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    Surviving the first day of life [Publications]
    May 10, 2013 Surviving the first day of life Image source: Wikimedia Commons Every year three million babies die within the first month of life, with one million dying on the day they are born. Most babies die from preventable causes such as infections. Every day, 800 women die during
    Date: 10/05/2013 - Collection: Publications - ID: library/prspub/2439008 - Source: FlagPost - Author: SIMON-DAVIES, Joanne

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    Food Allergy Week 2013 [Publications]
    May 10, 2013 Food Allergy Week 2013 Image source: US National Library of Medicine This week (13-19 May 2013) is national Food Allergy Week, organised by Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA), a non-profit allergy advocacy and support group now in its 20th year. Reflecting what is sometimes referred to as
    Date: 10/05/2013 - Collection: Publications - ID: library/prspub/2439012 - Source: FlagPost - Author: BREW, Nigel

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    Paid Parental Leave: Robin Hood or piggy bank? [Publications]
    May 10, 2013 Paid Parental Leave: Robin Hood or piggy bank? Image source: fahcsia.gov.au While there are numerous differences between the Labor and Coalition policies on parental leave pay, the most controversial is the rate of payment. While the current Government scheme is paid at the National Minimum Wage ($606.50
    Date: 10/05/2013 - Collection: Publications - ID: library/prspub/2439016 - Source: FlagPost - Author: BUCKMASTER, Luke

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    Can means testing of welfare really save the budget? [Publications]
    This Blog May 8, 2013 Can means testing of welfare really save the budget? Image: Robin shoots with Sir Guy (Louis Rhead, 1912), Wikimedia Commons One suggestion for addressing Australia's budget deficit has been to make cuts to 'middle class welfare'are'—that is, welfare payments made to households other than those
    Date: 08/05/2013 - Collection: Publications - ID: library/prspub/2429221 - Source: FlagPost - Author: BUCKMASTER, Luke

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    Raoul Wallenberg (4 August 1912-17 July 1947 (?))—Australia’s first posthumous Honorary Citizen [Publications]
    This Blog May 3, 2013 Raoul Wallenberg (4 August 1912-17 July 1947 (?))— Australia’s first posthumous Honorary Citizen Image source: Wikimedia Commons On 6 May 2013 the Governor-General of Australia, Quentin Bryce, will bestow Australia’s first posthumous Honorary Citizenship award to a former Swedish diplomat, Raoul Wallenberg. In a covert
    Date: 03/05/2013 - Collection: Publications - ID: library/prspub/2425087 - Source: FlagPost - Author: MARKOVIC, Nina

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    A short history of increases to the Medicare levy [Publications]
    May 3, 2013 A short history of increases to the Medicare levy The Government is proposing to introduce legislation during budget week to raise the Medicare levy by 0.5% in order to help fund DisabilityCare, the name of the new National Disability Insurance Scheme. This recent Flagpost outlined some of
    Date: 03/05/2013 - Collection: Publications - ID: library/prspub/2422887 - Source: FlagPost - Author: BIGGS, Amanda

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    Health spending: patients bearing higher costs [Publications]
    May 2, 2013 Health spending: patients bearing higher costs Recent reports have highlighted the growing cost of health services and the increasing financial burden on individuals. According to data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) Australia spent more than $130 billion on health in 2010-11, or around
    Date: 02/05/2013 - Collection: Publications - ID: library/prspub/2422893 - Source: FlagPost - Author: BIGGS, Amanda

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    Paying for the NDIS: what about a levy? [Publications]
    April 30, 2013 Paying for the NDIS: what about a levy? Image source: Australian Government There is increasing speculation that the Gillard Government is considering introducing a levy to help pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The question of how the NDIS would be financed was one of
    Date: 30/04/2013 - Collection: Publications - ID: library/prspub/2412794 - Source: FlagPost - Author: BUCKMASTER, Luke

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    Where in the world is doping a crime? (doping in sports pt. 6) [Publications]
    April 24, 2013 Where in the world is doping a crime? (doping in sports pt. 6) In the previous FlagPost in this series we examined actions related to doping in sport that can also be prosecuted as crimes in Australia. Do other countries criminalise doping in sport, or is Australia
    Date: 26/04/2013 - Collection: Publications - ID: library/prspub/2398222 - Source: FlagPost - Author: MURPHY, Jaan

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    Is doping in sport a crime? (doping in sports pt. 5) [Publications]
    April 24, 2013 Where in the world is doping a crime? (doping in sports pt. 6) In the previous FlagPost in this series we examined actions related to doping in sport that can also be prosecuted as crimes in Australia. Do other countries criminalise doping in sport, or is Australia
    Date: 26/04/2013 - Collection: Publications - ID: library/prspub/2398288 - Source: FlagPost - Author: MURPHY, Jaan

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    Higher education savings - students pick up the bill [Publications]
    19 April 2013 Higher education savings - students pick up the bill Image source: Vic Department of Education The government’s Statement on Higher Education announces savings measures in three areas. Reaction from, and on behalf of, the higher education sector has been negative. The peak body representing universities, Universities Australia,
    Date: 19/04/2013 - Collection: Publications - ID: library/prspub/2382176 - Source: FlagPost - Author: DOYLE, Leonie

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    And then there were none: HECS discounts [Publications]
    16, 2013 And then there were none: HECS discounts Image source: WA Dept of Commerce On 13 April 2013 the Australian government released a Statement on Higher Education. One of the three savings measures announced is ‘removal of the 10 per cent discount on paying university fees upfront and the
    Date: 16/04/2013 - Collection: Publications - ID: library/prspub/2379820 - Source: FlagPost - Author: DOYLE, Leonie

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    Boat arrivals on the mainland: what difference does it make? [Publications]
    April 12, 2013 Boat arrivals on the mainland: what difference does it make? Image source: www.immi.gov.au On 9 April 2013, Customs and Border Protection advised the Minister for Home Affairs that a suspected irregular entry vessel (SIEV) had arrived in Geraldton harbour in Western Australia. The boat is thought to
    Date: 12/04/2013 - Collection: Publications - ID: library/prspub/2373540 - Source: FlagPost - Author: MCCLUSKEY, Ian - PHI...

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    'Grandfather' arrangements for PPS - entitlement or inequity? [Publications]
    April 11, 2013 ‘Grandfather’ arrangements for PPS - entitlement or inequity? Image source: Leichhardt Municipal Council Since it was announced in the 2012-13 Budget that ‘grandfathering’ arrangements for single parents receiving Parenting Payment Single (PPS) would cease on 1 January 2013, there has been considerable concern expressed at the plight
    Date: 11/04/2013 - Collection: Publications - ID: library/prspub/2373538 - Source: FlagPost - Author: EY, Carol

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