Sentences with phrase «reform agenda of this government»

His coup is an insult to party and to patriot, to reason and to the reform agenda of this government.

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Giving the timing of the next general election, this means making tax reform an agenda item for the government's second mandate.

THE National Competition Council this week released a comprehensive stocktake of reforms undertaken by various State governments, as part of their yearly review of progress by States in implementing reform under the Hilmer competition policy agenda.

State governments have agreed taxes they control, such as payroll and stamp duty, could be targets as part of the federal government's tax reform agenda next year, which many tip will involve an increase in the GST.

The government's reform agenda must rein in corruption and streamline the regulatory and bureaucratic complexities of doing business so that foreign and domestic investors can feel more confident.

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

In the first phase of Progressive reform, beginning in the closing decades of the nineteenth century, the revisionist agenda focused on populist political and social legislation, diverse formulas for economic redistribution, and the establishment of a tutelary national government.

NHS Together campaign NHS Together is a campaign alliance of health staff formed to raise the alarm at what is happening to the NHS and to press the government for honest and open discussion about its reform agenda.

The seminar offers a glimpse of the frustration Hilton felt in government as he faced numerous obstacles to implementing a radical reform agenda.

Our two traditions on the centre - left of British politics gave Britain its two great reforming governments last century in 1906 and 1945 and we must set the agenda for this century.

It's difficult for any government to pursue a reform agenda that will cut into the profits of entrenched special interests.

In accepting this responsibility on behalf of his colleagues, Speaker Heastie has stepped forward at an incredibly important time for New York as a whole, and I look forward to working with him to enact an aggressive agenda that ensures economic opportunity for all, improves and reforms our education system, ensures justice in perception and in reality, and restores trust in our government.»

• Transforming the ethical environment in Government: Governor Cuomo's «Clean Up Albany» agenda would institute campaign finance reforms including a system of public financing for elections, limits on contribution levels, creating an independent redistricting commission, creating independent monitoring and enforcement of ethics laws, and requiring full disclosure of outside income and clients.

«This race will be a choice between a community advocate who stands for ethics reform in government, supporting small businesses and middle class workers, and equality for all people, or a out of touch 1 % er who represents big business, back door politics as usual, and the conservative agenda,» Small said.

Of course there is no formal link between those different elements of the constitutional and political reform agenda that this Government are pursuinOf course there is no formal link between those different elements of the constitutional and political reform agenda that this Government are pursuinof the constitutional and political reform agenda that this Government are pursuing.

It is a painful process for Cabinet secretary admired throughout government for being able to rush through a radical reform agenda with a minimum of press hostility or political interference.

There are various bits that make up the mosaic of this Government's political and constitutional reform agenda.

With Andrew Lansley having being sacked as health secretary in mid-term and Michael Gove just shunted out of education, sacking Duncan Smith would have reflected too badly on this government's public service reform agenda.

«From the inception of C.S.N.Y., we have focused on a reform agenda designed to help create jobs, improve the economy of our state and get state government working for the people again,» said Michael McKeon, a spokesman for the committee.

Government reform groups are angry at Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying he is giving up too soon on an anti-corruption agenda that includes public financing of campaigns and greater prosecution powers for the state's district attorneys.

Delivering his first significant speech since the corruption scandal that took down soon - to - be-former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Gov. Andrew Cuomo today laid out a reform agenda and delivered an ultimatum to the Legislature: Pass what he has proposed as part of the 2015 - 16 budget, or risk a government shutdown.

Under her leadership, numerous reforms agenda of the Federal Government had been undertaken such as the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), implementation of Treasury Single Account, implementation of Whistleblower Policy, establishment of an Efficiency Unit, establishment of Development Bank of Nigeria, launch of Asset Tracking and Management Project, and introduction Fiscal Sustainability Plans for States, among others.

After outlining his government ethics and campaign finance reform agenda is his January State of the State address, Cuomo has now held one public event dedicated to reform in the last five months.

In March, he created a political - action committee that will not only monitor the voting records of Albany legislators on good - government issues but also, he hopes, shame them into supporting a reform agenda.

The wider austerity agenda should not stand in the way of reforming the way the Welsh government receives funding from London, a key commission is expected to argue.

It is a bizarre state of affairs when the maiden speech of an unknown Tory MP called Heidi Allen derails one of the key elements of the government's welfare reform agenda.

The agonisingly tortuous progress of the government's health and social care bill has made the coalition's NHS reform agenda one of its most controversial.

The Sunday Telegraph revealed in May how Mr Cameron had appointed Mr Field, who was welfare reform minister in the early years of Tony Blair's government, as his «poverty tsar» as he put the fight against deprivation at the heart of his agenda.

Mr Brown has recently tried to move back towards the Blairite agenda of public service reform, promising more personalised services and a move away from central Government targets.

«Liz is incredibly impressive on TV, has years of experience in government and really believes in the reforming agenda that Tony started.»

However, our campaigning pushed the role of the Bishops onto the political agenda, raising hopes that the Government's plan for reform could be changed and more recently, we supported amendments which would have led to the removal of the Bishops.

Universal Credit, the brainchild of Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, is the centrepiece of the Government's welfare reform agenda

Universal Credit, the brainchild of Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, is the centrepiece of the Government's welfare reform agenda and is vital to David Cameron's political and economic strategy.

Governor Andrew Cuomo recommended a slew of changes to New York law in his State of Opportunity Agenda today, but the only major new proposal in the area of government reform involves increasing the pay for state legislators.

Labour will need to be clearer about its own vision of the positive, enabling role of government, which underpins its agenda of reform.

Trying to make his reality less gloomy than all that — and, to be fair, surely with the genuine intent of reducing misbehavior in all branches of government — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has included a package of ethics reform proposals in the agenda he laid out in a series of State of the State speeches around the state this week.

For the second year in a row, in his January State of the State, Governor Andrew Cuomo laid out an ambitious ethics reform agenda that touched on a variety of issues and aimed at restoring public trust in New York State's scandal - plagued government.

And electoral reform would be high on that government's agenda — especially if the Lib Dems have the most votes but the fewest seats of the three main parties.

«You need a portfolio of approaches in managing water security,» says James Cameron, acting CEO of the National Water Commission, the Canberra - based government agency in charge of the country's water reform agenda.

Early this August, at his request, the minority staff of the House Committee on Government Reform issued a 40 - page report charging the Bush administration with misusing science to advance a conservative agenda.

The focus therefore will be on the rest of the agenda: financial, fiscal, land and government administration reforms, pricing of resources, changes to social security and opening protected sectors to private and foreign competition.

Education is high on the agenda of societies, governments and international development organizations and there is an urgency for innovation and reform that can help all people improve their circumstances.

The government's response to the TEMAG report of 2015 committed all states and territories to a reform agenda to better prepare graduate teachers and ensure their classroom - readiness.

It was considered that Australia's VET system needs reform, and in 2015 the Australian Government, through The Hon Simon Birmingham, embarked on an ambitious reform agenda to lift the quality of both training providers and their courses, to enhance the very significant contribution that VET makes to the job prospects of students and to the competitiveness of Australia's economy, and lift the status of VET amongst families, students and employers, industry and community.

None of this agenda would be easy to implement; but states, the national government and local schools districts have begun reforms in these areas.

Prior to working in the federal government she was the Director of Public Policy and Community Partnerships for Green Dot Public Schools where she was responsible for executing Green Dot's reform agenda by advocating at the local, state and federal level for education reform, supporting existing schools with compliance and oversight, the development of new schools and overseeing the implementation a community schools model at the new Locke Wellness Center.

From North to South, from national governments to the Commission: EU Institutions and Member States are in agreement that a reform of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) is high on the political agenda.

Also Turkish government is now focused on some of the major economic reforms that has long been on their agenda which was disrupted with aforementioned events, and these efforts started to show its first signs of recovery increasing the growth rate to % 5 in the first half of 2017.

I want to be clear that these are not mutually exclusive ways of looking at the law reform mandate; on the contrary, in my view our project mix should include projects with a good chance of implementation (although there's never a guarantee) and projects that may be broader, more future - looking and not necessarily on the government's agenda.

Do law reform commissions provide governments with camouflage, allowing them to further their political agendas with a veneer of impartiality?»