Archives for: March 2010
Sunrise – Senator Fielding talks about asylum seekers
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Introducing The New South Australian Attorney-General

Premier Mike Rann has announced who is taking over the South Australian Attorney-General position after Michael Atkinson stepped down over the weekend The announcement was made via the twitter account of Mike Rann that John Rau is now the Attorney-General of South Australia New Ministers. John Rau(Attny Gen Justice Tourism). Jack Snelling(Emp, Training, Further Ed, Science,Info Economy, Veterans, Road Safety) [...]

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Hands-on with Microsoft’s revolutionary Natal

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Games rating call gets 55,000 submissions

THE federal government has received over 55,000 submissions on whether an R18+ rating should be introduced for computer games. Since Australia doesn’t have R18+ ratings for such games, some adult-themed titles have been banned from sale locally. This has drawn the ire of many gamers who say they should be able to decide what games they can and cannot purchase, [...]

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Labor could lose 25 seats in next Qld election: poll

Polling commissioned by anti-privatisation unions shows Queensland Labor could lose up to 25 seats at the next state election, if asset sales go ahead. Voters in five electorates were surveyed and the results show support for Labor has dropped by seven points since last year’s election in three of the seats. Queensland Public Works Minister Robert Schwarten would still be [...]

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Youth Allowance

Family First is standing up for rural and regional students who will be severely disadvantaged by the Rudd Government’s proposed changes to youth allowance. Family First is standing up for rural and regional students who will be severely disadvantaged by the Rudd Government’s proposed changes to youth allowance. Under the Government’s plan country students would be placed two years behind [...]

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