The Gillard Government has again proved it is without a clue on how to halt the slide in Australia’s job market and a faltering local economy.
During an interview on Radio National today, Treasurer Wayne Swan talked up Australia’s economy against a flailing European market o... (30-Jan)
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In this edition is information on…
- Australian Year of the Farmer
- Latest on the Murray Darling Basin Plan
- New Murray River Run electorate visit
- Local campaign to eliminate invasiv... (27-Jan)
As I fly my small plane over this magnificent landscape, I notice a myriad of small bodies of water, marked on my flying chart as various swamps, dams, salt lakes and billabongs. If it rains they have water in them, if it doesn't they are empty. The madness of this Plan would see many of them ... (25-Jan)
The Federal Opposition today questioned whether the Gillard Government’s Childcare
Minister should remain in the portfolio, after Kate Ellis was publicly shamed into reviewing
cuts in assistance to some of the country’s most severely disadvantaged families.
Reassessed every three... (23-Jan)
The Federal Opposition believes today’s monthly job figures paint an unfortunate and much darker picture for the employment year ahead.
Coalition spokesperson for Employment Participation, Sussan Ley, says “even the Acting Treasurer put on his grim face for these December fi... (19-Jan)
A country NSW preschool’s fruitless attempt to find a qualified employee makes it
just one of thousands of childcare centres struggling to meet the Gillard Government’s
new carer-to-child ratios.
Owner of the Willows Preschool and Early Learning Centre at Orange, Cathy Carroll, ... (17-Jan)
PETER CAVE: New regulations have come into effect which will require one staff member for every four babies at child care centres around Australia.
A new national quality standard has also come into effect.
One advocacy group says it's a good move that will improve quality in the sector.
... (09-Jan)
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An internal survey of Australian childcare centres has found two thirds of operators
cannot find the qualified staff they need to meet new Government rules, in force from this month.
Shadow Childcare Minister, Sussan Ley, says “increasing the number of qualified carers-
... (09-Jan)