by Evatt Foundation | Dec 18, 2002 | Papers
This is a submission to the Commonwealth Debt Management Review, in response to the discussion paper: Review of Commonwealth Government Securities Market of October 2002.Consistent with its purpose as a non-profit association dedicated to public education, research...
by Carmen Lawrence | Nov 14, 2002 | Papers
Is paid maternity leave enough?My topic takes the form of a question: “what women want: is paid maternity leave enough?”, a question I can answer very quickly and simply. “No.”As we are all aware, the paid maternity leave debate has suddenly...
by Evatt Foundation | Nov 14, 2002 | Papers
An un-holy alliance ‘There is no clear evidence from experience that the investment which is socially advantageous coincides with that which is the most profitable.’ – John Maynard Keynes The first thing anyone can notice about so-called...
by John Spoehr | Nov 14, 2002 | Papers
Partnerships, privatisation & the public interest”Six years ago, we were looking at returns of 15 per cent, now we are looking at 10 or 12 per cent, because the market is expanding and maturing. But then again, 12 per cent is not a bad return these...
by Lionel Orchard | Nov 14, 2002 | Papers
Democracy ‘You know it never has been easyWhether you do or you do not resignWhether you travel the breadth of extremitiesOr stick to some straighter line.’- Joni Mitchell, ‘Hejira’ (1976) SOCIAL change in the modern world is an...
by Al Gore | Nov 14, 2002 | Papers
Like all Americans I have been wrestling with the question of what our country needs to do to defend itself from the kind of intense, focused and enabled hatred that brought about September 11th, and which at this moment must be presumed to be gathering force for yet...
