Sentences with phrase «australian policy debate»

It's a striking reflection of the way ideas that were novel in the 1980s and 1990s retain their grip on Australian policy debate, despite their obvious failure at a global level.

Not exact matches

An Australian banker caught on live TV showing a high interest rate in nearly - naked photos of supermodel Miranda Kerr has launched a viral video that has already drawn hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube — and fresh debate about employer Internet policies.

In Jarrod's home country, immigration and asylum has long been a source of political debate, and the pastor has made a name for himself by opposing the draconian detention policies of the Australian government.

The debate is shaping as a NSW election issue and the Australian Beverages Council has threatened to run attack advertising against the government if it supports a container deposit policy.

Australian educators should be part of an informed debate looking at why we are borrowing faulty policy models from the United States, instead of more robust policy ideas from other countries like Finland.

Given all the reports, and all the evidence, the environment minister is surely exactly the right person to discuss and debate the extent to which the warming and changing climate is contributing to increasing risks including bushfire risk, the extent to which the Australian government is prepared to contribute to global efforts to combat it, and the way its domestic policy will work.

Which brings me to the point that surely you can agree with Jennifer on: In general the public debate should involve a lot more looking at the actual data (cf. business & economics reporting) than the «meta - debate» we so often see currently, and specifically that «ultimately, good policy is going to require that a much larger percentage of Australians have a higher level of scientific literacy.»

Fairness in policy has come to the fore - front of political debate in Australia in the face of 2014 budget proposals which were perceived to have been unfair in that they would adversely affect disadvantaged groups in the Australian community.

Their voice has been important in ensuring the policy debate focuses on better health care for all Australians, and that health is seen not just as a funding measure but as a human right.