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CPD authors find a lot of blinkered thinking in the race to a surplus. Here’s what you will find in the Budget 2011 edition of InSight. more

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John Quiggin | Gillard’s Labor Has Lost Its Heritage

  Wayne Swan’s Budget speech opened with a commendation of ‘this Labor budget’ and closed with an invocation of the past Labor governments which ‘managed the … more

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Fiona Armstrong & Laura Eadie | Innovating For A Prosperous and Secure Future

When it comes to innovation policy, the Gillard government relies heavily on hot air to hide their lightweight commitment to Australia’s long-term future. Back in February, … more

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John Menadue | Trampling on Human Rights is Expensive

  Asylum seekers continue to suffer because of poll driven policies and their fate remains an enormous political problem for Australia. John Menadue adds up how expensive trampling … more

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James Arvanitakis & Alex Surace | The Disease that Ate the Budget

Wayne Swan’s fourth budget can be commended for beginning to address upper-class welfare and ending unnecessary tax cuts. However, Australia once again finds itself riding the … more

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Eva Cox | Making a Society More Fragile

The primary and secondary purpose of Gillard’s first budget as PM appears to be economic growth for its own sake. It fails to deliver any new … more

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Ian McAuley | A Glimmer of Vision to a Close Horizon

    Is the surplus fetish distracting the Government from the real economic challenges? Ian McAuley finds glimpses of Labor values in an otherwise short-sighted budget. … more

by Ian McAuley

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Jennifer Doggett | A Healthy Start, but it’s Complicated

The new budget might seem to be groundbreaking, but what does it really mean for health? Jennifer Doggett cuts through the fat of the 2011 budget. … more

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James Whelan & Jennifer Doggett | Bean Counting is Compromising our Public Services

Can arbitrary cuts under the guise of efficiency deliver a better public service? James Whelan & Jennifer Doggett take a look at the political and policy … more

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