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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

It Is the Economy and Labour-Like Election Budget in November 2015



INK BOTTLE“Love of power in people is often associated with hatred of authority.”
Anthony Powell, A Writer’s Notebook
Despite the leaks and the kite-flying, the Budget always contains tax surprises ... Desperate times call for desperate measures and it doesn’t get more desperate than having to face election soon Bill Shorten Having a Go at Make Up Artistry

What we know so far



Clarke and Dawe: The word 'Election' on P 13 of the budget papers, should read 'Projected Surplus'
 ABC Having a go 
THE 2015-16 Federal Budget has its eye on turbocharging the economy and getting more Australians into work, with generous stimulus for small business and childcare.
Federal budget 2015 what it means for us

Lateline host Emma Alberci fired up against Mathias Cormann in a heated discussion that had the Finance Minister cracking under the pressure, according to viewers - Interview

Reaction to Budget
While nursing her young cubs, a mother polar bear seems to fall into a meditative state.

The Treasurer’s second budget largely spares voters from painful cuts compared to last year’s vastly unpopular offering, instead splashing out cash on major childcare and small business packages.

Political insiders, including Senator Nick Xenophon, speculated that the budget was designed to soften voters ahead of an early return to the polls at the end of the year.

 Among the pages of the 2015 Budgetare some absolute doozies. The government cut foreign aid by $980 million and slashed climate change funding from $1.35 billion to just $550 million.

 http://www.budget.gov.au/

 ABC of Budget Quizes

Explanations for the rise of global capitalism read like a shopping list of commodities: grease, coal, sugar, cotton and talking pieces collected by Imrich 

US Stories:
Cuomo Orders Emergency Measures to Protect Workers at Nail Salons New York Times. The NYT series embarrasses the government into action

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