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Strengthening the Australian Economy

Blog post by Chris Bowen
posted: Thursday Mar 04, 2010, 11:08pm

The Rudd Government’s fiscal stimulus has been vital to Australia’s standing as one of only three advanced economies to avoid technical recession.

Avoiding recession in Australia has had its costs, but these pale in comparison to the long term costs of recession, including higher unemployment.

It is argued by some that future generations are being saddled with unsustainable debt as a result of the stimulus. I would say two things to those people.

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Building for the Future

Blog post by Amanda Rishworth
posted: Monday Mar 01, 2010, 7:27pm

Kevin Rudd, Mike Rann and I announced a joint $18 million investment to fix the dangerous intersection at Victor Harbour Road and Main Road in McLaren Vale on Saturday. This is great news to local residents and businesses, and is another example of the Federal Government’s commitment to invest in infrastructure and prepare Australia for the future.

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Ballarat Community Cabinet

Blog post by Catherine King
posted: Monday Feb 22, 2010, 5:02pm

Federal Cabinet including the Prime Minister visited Ballarat on Thursday February 18 for what will be remembered as another milestone in our region’s democracy.

Prior to the Community Cabinet many of my parliamentary colleagues told me how great these events were for their local communities – and they were not wrong.

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Parent School Quality Surveys added to My School (News)

The survey could canvass the ethos of the school and those issues that matter to parents and students such as the level of respect, quality of relationships, culture of the school and whether the school gives students a fair go.

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*Release with Julia Gillard

The My School website provides more information about all of Australia’s nearly 10,000 schools than has ever been available to the parents before.

It provides a report card for each school with rich information about the number of students, the number of teachers, attendance rates, literacy and numeracy outcomes from NAPLAN and the background of students going to the school.

9 million hits on first day of My School (News)

My School delivers more information to parents than ever and lets them compare their child's school in national literacy and numeracy testing with the national average and statistically similar schools.

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The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, has welcomed the overwhelming interest of parents and the Australian community in the new My School website.

On the first day of My School, 9 million hits were registered showing how hungry parents and the broader Australian community are for comprehensive, rich information about their schools.

My School has delivered more information to parents about their child's school than ever before.

Financial services for the disadvantaged (News)

Australians currently excluded from mainstream banks and services will have access to appropriate and fair financial products, including loans, under a $7.5 million Rudd Government pilot program.

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Australians currently excluded from mainstream banks and services will have access to fair and appropriate financial products, including loans, under a $7.5 million Australian Government pilot program.

The funding will be used to develop the community development financial institution sector in Australia, which currently includes around 10 institutions and up until now has had little Government support.

$3.4 billion for mortgage competition (News)

Competition in the mortgage market has been boosted with five lenders allocated $3.4 billion in funding as part of the Rudd Government's investment in high-quality residential mortgage-backed securities.

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Competition in Australia's mortgage market has today received a fresh boost with five smaller lenders allocated up to $3.4 billion in funding as part of the Government's investment in high-quality residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS).

Border security improvements (News)

Australia's border management community had proven itself to be more integrated and better coordinated since the presentation of the National Security Statement in 2008.

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Minister for Home Affairs Brendan O'Connor said today that Australia's border management community had proven itself to be more integrated and better coordinated since the presentation of the National Security Statement in 2008.

"The integration of agencies across government into one border protect community, as envisioned in the National Security Statement, is key to continued improvements in border security," he said.

Mr O'Connor was speaking at the Pacific 2010 International Maritime Exposition in Sydney.

Release of family law reviews (News)

The reports provide a comprehensive and objective analysis of the family law system against the aim of providing fair and sustainable solutions for families, while ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children.

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Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, today released key reports examining the operation of the family law system and how the family law courts deal with cases involving family violence.

"The reports provide a comprehensive and objective analysis of the family law system against the aim of providing fair and sustainable solutions for families, while ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children," Mr McClelland said.

2010 NHMRC Australia Fellowships (News)

The Rudd Government recognised the extraordinary work of nine of Australia's best health and medical researchers with the announcement of the National Health and Medical Research Council Australia Fellowships.

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The Rudd Government recognised the extraordinary work of nine of Australia's best health and medical researchers today with the announcement of the National Health and Medical Research Council Australia Fellowships.

The Australia Fellowships are Australia's most prestigious award for excellence in the fields of health and medical research and recognise those researchers with the vision and application to tackle some of the biggest health issues facing society today.

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