Penalty rates for working on weekends were recently cut from 50% to 25% - yet more erosion of workers' rights, and another win for 'bizonomics': the notion that the way to a prosperous economy is to keep business as happy as possible.
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With >4000 cases of sexual abuse- and resultant suicides/mental illness- Catholic clergy have done more harm than Muslims. But it's easier to pick on the obvious "other" in the name of making Australia safe - it doesn't hit so close to home.
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ObamaCare led to dysfunctional health care insurance markets. Reforms should seek to restore healthy, competitive markets to keep costs low and give more choices. By Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer for Investor's Business Daily, Feb 2017.
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Voters angry over being duped? Wishful thinking. Trump’s rise to power has followed a similar trajectory to quacks who peddle panaceas to the desperate. Just like them, Trump will fail to deliver. But his supporters will find ways to exonerate him.
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Stand on the right side of history, folks!
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Members of the Cannabis Caucus see marijuana reform as an important issue and will make a bipartisan effort to pass bills. Article by Sophia Tesfaye for Salon, 17 Feb 2017.
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Stop the world. I wanna get off.
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"Populist correctness is the smearing and silencing of points of view by labelling them 'elitist' – and therefore at odds with the will of the people and the good of the country. "
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She vowed to stop the overwhelming push of Sharia Law into Australia as soon as she’s able to work out exactly what Sharia Law actually is and in what way it’s pushing into Australia. Context: link
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“I didn’t choose a side. They put me on one.” Article by Sabrina Tavernise for the New York Times, 18 Feb 2017.
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