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EVIDENTLY: Rudd’s quiet revolution gets noisier

By Jon Altman, November 26, 2012
In December 2007, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to targets to close the gap in Indigenous life expectancy. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (centre) addresses a press conference at the COAG meeting as state Premiers (L-R:) Morris Iemma (NSW), John Brumby (Victoria) and Anna Bligh (Queensland) look on at Government House in Melbourne. Today, the intergovernmental consensus has broken down as conservative governments have been elected in the states and territories. (AAP Image/Julian Smith)

NATIONAL: Intergovernmental consensus on Indigenous affairs is breaking down after the election of conservative state and territory governments, writes PROF JON ALTMAN*.

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NT govt queried over alleged gag tactics

By Tracker, August 16, 2012
NT Labor candidate Ken Vowles.

NORTHERN TERRITORY: The Northern Territory Labor government’s re-election campaign is at risk of being swamped by allegations it tried to gag the region’s biggest newspaper over a story about a candidate.

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Brown retirement good for Labor: ministers

By Tracker, April 17, 2012
Former Greens leader Bob Brown.

NATIONAL: Senior government figures have lauded the retirement of Australian Greens leader Bob Brown as a plus for Labor, as a new poll shows Tony Abbott is becoming more personally appealing to voters.

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Pokies reforms may be delayed until 2016

By Tracker, January 18, 2012

NATIONAL: Federal Independent MP Andrew Wilkie’s proposed controversial gambling reforms look unlikely to be introduced until 2016 at the earliest.

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Ninth Qld Labor MP quits politics

By Tracker, January 16, 2012

QUEENSLAND: Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is not expecting any further resignations after backbencher Julie Atwood became the ninth Labor MP to quit politics.

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Latham says Smith in box seat to be PM

By Amy McQuire, November 3, 2011
Minister for Defence Stephen Smith (AAP IMAGE/ALAN PORRITT)

NATIONAL: Former Labor leader Mark Latham believes media hype surrounding the possible return of former prime minister Kevin Rudd to the top job is misplaced.

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Big dollars and little sense

By Jon Altman, September 1, 2011
Treasurer Wayne Swan has delivered the Congress $15 million over three years.

NATIONAL: PROFESSOR JON ALTMAN* delivers an analysis into the recent Strategic Review of Indigenous Expenditure, which was suppressed by the Gillard government.

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Labor narrows lead in Nielsen poll

By Tracker, August 15, 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard...

NATIONAL: Labor has regained momentum and Julia Gillard is paring back Tony Abbot’s lead as preferred prime minister, but Labor would still lose in a landslide if an election were held today, according to the latest Fairfax/Nielsen poll.

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Hard Labor: Black incarceration rates soar

By Amy McQuire, August 10, 2011
Indigenous incarceration rates have sky-rocketed under Labor governments.

NATIONAL: You’ll never guess which political party sat and watched while the Aboriginal incarceration rate sky-rocketed.

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FAILED STATE: Two Ways Together

By Brian Johnstone, June 1, 2011
Bob Carr.

NEW SOUTH WALES: In 2001, the Premier of NSW, Bob Carr, promised his government would change the way it worked with Aboriginal people to “positively” improve their lives through a new 10-year partnership strategy.

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