They show, day in and day out, that not all public value is
created by government bodies and that democratically controlled state institutions are not the only way for citizens to act in concert.
Not exact matches
Since taking leadership of the country last September, Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who in 2009 said the science behind climate change was «crap», has abolished the independent Climate Commission, the
body created by the former Labor
government to provide public information on the effects of global warming.
By expanding and deepening our understanding of the cyber revolution, the Programme will
create a new
body of knowledge with potentially profound implications for the study of politics and related disciplines, as well as for the practice of
government and diplomacy.
The
government has tried to turn the tide of the expenses scandal
by creating a new independent
body to scrutinise MPs» claims.
In its introduction to the report, the committee said the unwillingness of successive
governments to raise MPs» basic pay, even when recommended
by independent review
bodies, had
created a «sense of grievance».
The Citizens» Assembly on Electoral Reform was a
body created by the
government of British Columbia, Canada.
There was no independent public
body to regulate referendums within the United Kingdom until the Labour
government led
by Tony Blair in 2000 set out a framework for the running of all future referendums when the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 or PPERA was passed,
creating and giving the Electoral Commission responsibility for running all elections and such future referendums.
It should be noted that the referendum took place 25 years before the passing of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
by the then Labour
Government of Tony Blair, which introduced into British law a general procedure for the holding of UK - wide referendums and effectively
created the Electoral Commission, a
body that would oversee such votes and also test and research proposed referendum questions.
He also said he would be open to
creating an independent national schools resourcing
body, as recommended in the initial Gonski review, to make evidence - based decisions on school funding allocations, so long as the state and territory
governments agreed to abide
by its decisions.
agency bonds are issued
by official U.S.
government bodies (e.g., Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA);
government sponsored entity (GSE) bonds are offered
by lenders
created by an act of Congress to assist groups of borrowers (e.g., farmers, ranchers, homeowners, mortgage lenders, etc.); the principal and interest of GSE bonds are not guaranteed
by the U.S.
government; Agency and GSE bonds are generally available in minimum denominations of $ 10,000, with subsequent investments in increments of $ 5,000; Fidelity makes these securities available in minimum denominations of $ 1,000, and subsequent investment increments of $ 1,000
A fat, feckless and fecund public — the «extremely selfish population» — is no longer trusted to count as the
body politic; «civil society» fills the political vacuum
created between people and
government by the elevation of political power to supranational institutions.
The Declaration on Free Access to Law affirms: that public legal information from all countries and international institutions is part of «the common heritage of humanity;» that maximizing access to this information promotes justice and the rule of law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the
government bodies that
create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published
by other parties.
Law: The rules, regulations, ordinances, and statutes,
created by the legislative
bodies of
governments, under which people are expected to live.
Administrative
bodies are
government entities
created by statute.
In the wake of the Snowden disclosures, both Congress and the public have taken a harder look at the work of the courts
created by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), focusing in particular on the «secret
body of law» 1 they have
created in the process of authorizing, modifying, and denying
government surveillance requests.
The comment indicates the
government is moving to clear the recent confusion around cryptocurrency regulation in South Korea, mainly
created by conflicting comments issued
by different
government bodies.
The core essence of «trust» —
created today with
government guarantees, physical vaults, behemoth balance sheets to make institutions seemingly «too big to fail», and layer upon layer of regulatory framework enforced
by «zillions» (yes I know its not a real number and not an accurate one, but there's no way for me to count the
bodies spending time making banks function) of people leading very exciting lives holding a gigantic ball of water in the air — is likely on the front edge of a very big wave of foundational change.
AIDA President, Dr Kali Hayward, discusses the findings of the AIDA survey in more detail below and also outlines some positive action being undertaken
by AIDA, in conjunction with medical peak
bodies and the Federal
Government, to
create a safe and supportive working environment for Indigenous health professionals.