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Economics and public policy

Economics for the public sector.

Nicholas Gruen
August 26, 2010
Here are all the sponsors for the Australian Conference of Economists this year.  All public sector agencies. Now economics is a discipline fundamentally about policy...
Politics - national Politics - Northern Territory

Drilling down into the NT federal election result

Ken Parish
August 26, 2010
As part of my duties as CDU's designated political analyst/commentator for NT electoral purposes, I've been delving into the interstices of the booth by booth...
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Where to now? – Crowdsourced career advice

Richard Tsukamasa Green
August 26, 2010August 26, 2010
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="249" caption="Unlike my AS peer Mr Trask, I'm unlikely to publish a book on my crippled escapades to make a living"][/caption] Possum's...
Gender Law Politics - national Society Uncategorized

Obstructing the tide of history

James Farrell
August 26, 2010August 26, 2010
In The New Republic this week Richard Just shines the spotlight on Barack Obama's hopelessly contradictory position on gay marriage. He compares it to Woodrow...

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