Ben Phillips

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First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Padstow father Ben Phillips left furious after bin men throw his holdall containing sailing gear in the refuse lorry

A PADSTOW father was left furious after bin men threw his holdall containing 350 worth of sailing gear into the back of their refuse lorry and refused to compensate him.Ben Phillips, 35, has described the decision not to reimburse him by refuse company ... [Published This is Cornwall - Jun 12 2013]
First reported Jun 08 2013 - Updated Jun 08 2013 - 1 reports

The Queen’s Birthday Party in Rio: Daily

By Lisa Flueckiger, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The British and Commonwealth Society (BSC) is celebrating the Queen’s birthday this Saturday, June 8th with a party at 4PM in Jubilee Hall, Botafogo. The British Consul General Paula Walsh ... [Published The Rio Times - Jun 08 2013]
First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

Town hall circles around transportation

© Culpeper TimesMore than two dozen town residents showed up at a Monday night town hall meeting in Culpeper to ask questions and learn more about upcoming traffic pattern changes in town.Transportation was the key topic as Culpeper Mayor Chip Coleman, ... [Published Culpeper Times - Jun 06 2013]
First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

Irene is crowned the Echo Baby of the Year

BABY OF THE YEAR: Vote have been counted and the winner is...YOUR votes have been counted ? and we can now announce that Irene Jarzembowska is our 2013 Baby of the Year.The Loughborough and Shepshed Echo invited parents and guardians to bring along their ... [Published Loughborough Echo - Jun 06 2013]
Entities: Andy Rush, Ben Phillips
First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Teen tried to jump off Rochester bridge

Family and friends of a teenager who was found dead in the River Medway still don’t know exactly how he died.The body of 17-year-old Ben Phillips, from Chatham, was pulled from the river two months after he went missing last year.His body was found in ... [Published Medway Messenger - Jun 03 2013]
First reported Jun 02 2013 - Updated Jun 02 2013 - 1 reports

The cost-of-living conundrum

Source: News Limited THE experts will tell you that the numbers show the cost of living is no longer the source of stress that it once was. ``The pressures haven?t been on the increase,?? says Ben Phillips, principal research fellow at the National Centre ... [Published Herald Sun - Jun 02 2013]
First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 3 reports

What the Budget would look like under Abbott

In the first major analysis of the Coalition's post-Budget policy pledges to keep Labor's tax cuts but abolish the carbon tax, axe the baby bonus and dump Labor's SchoolKids Bonus, some low-income families emerge as losers.Commissioned by The Sunday Telegraph, ... [Published NEWS.com.au - May 25 2013]
First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Culpeper Town Council considers fee hikes, pay raises

© Culpeper TimesWith the increase of the town meals tax by a penny approved, the Culpeper Town Council turned to other budget matters at a special meeting May 16.Recommendations were made on salary hikes for town employees, and increases in a number of ... [Published Culpeper Times - May 24 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

$812,000: The cost of raising two children

ROLLING WITH IT: Lismore mum Sasha Fox and her daughter Chiana Taylor-Fox, 3.Does this make you think twice about having kids?AMP.NATSEM research reveals parents now spend 50% more raising their children than five years ago.A typical middle-income family ... [Published Daily News - May 23 2013]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

It costs $812,000 to raise two kids says AMP.NATSEM report

The cost of raising kids in Australia is on the rise, with a typical middle income family spending around $812,000 to raise two children, up by 50% on 2007 figures when it cost $537,000, according to the latest AMP.NATSEM Income and Wealth Report.The ... [Published Noodls - May 22 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Cost of raising kids skyrockets

The cost of raising children in Australia has skyrocketed in the past five years, with middle-income families spending up to $458 a week to raise a child.A report from AMP and the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) looked at the ... [Published ABC Online - May 23 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Counting the cost of lifting GST

A SMALL rise in the GST from 10 per cent to 12.5 per cent would cost NSW consumers $4 billion - about $570 each - a year in tax. Economists claimed struggling families could be compensated with income tax cuts while protecting the government's revenue ... [Published Perth Now - May 21 2013]

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Ben Phillips, Oxfam's campaigns director, said: "imagine how it would feel to lose everything, to be forced to leave the place you know and love to protect yourself and your family. that is the reality for hundreds of thousands of syrians who need the world's help."
"the holdall was placed on the pavement but was nowhere near the bin it was clearly not to go out with the rubbish. the bag was on top of the dog basket and they didn't take that" added Mr Phillips, who has recently joined Padstow Sea Cadets

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Oxfam is asking people to love Syria this summer [Published Oxfam UK - Jun 13 2013]
Padstow father Ben Phillips left furious after ... [Published This is Cornwall - Jun 12 2013]
The Queen’s Birthday Party in Rio: Daily [Published The Rio Times - Jun 08 2013]
Town hall circles around transportation [Published Culpeper Times - Jun 06 2013]
Irene is crowned the Echo Baby of the Year [Published Loughborough Echo - Jun 06 2013]
Teen tried to jump off Rochester bridge [Published Medway Messenger - Jun 03 2013]
History Repeats in Christchurch [Published Scoop - Jun 03 2013]
The cost-of-living conundrum [Published Herald Sun - Jun 02 2013]
What the Budget would look like under Abbott [Published NEWS.com.au - May 25 2013]
Abbott's Liberal dose of pain for low income ea... [Published Adelaide Now - May 25 2013]
Samantha Maiden: Families cop a Budget beating [Published Adelaide Now - May 25 2013]
Culpeper Town Council considers fee hikes, pay ... [Published Culpeper Times - May 24 2013]
$812,000: The cost of raising two children [Published Daily News - May 23 2013]
John Bishop to take to the stage in the North E... [Published Peterlee Mail - May 23 2013]
Cost of raising kids skyrockets [Published ABC Online - May 23 2013]
It costs $812,000 to raise two kids says AMP.NA... [Published Noodls - May 22 2013]
Childcare, schools lead rise in cost of raising... [Published Brisbane Times - May 22 2013]
Bringing up baby gets costlier [Published Melbourne Age - May 22 2013]
Counting the cost of lifting GST [Published Perth Now - May 21 2013]
GST rise a 'godsend' to ACT [Published Melbourne Age - May 21 2013]
Play review: 'Once Upon a Time 6X In The West" [Published UW Daily Online - Apr 18 2013]
Turning a campaign into a movement – Round up [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 04 2013]
play review: 'Cyrano' [Published UW Daily Online - Feb 28 2013]
Coldplay Fans to Be a Part of Groundbreaking... [Published AllAfrica.com - Feb 18 2013]
Oxfam: 2012 Wealth and Income of World's 100 Ri... [Published AFL-CIO NOW BLOG - Jan 23 2013]
Should we (and everyone in Davos) worry about e... [Published From Poverty to Power by Duncan Green - Jan 21 2013]
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In 2020, Australia may see housing shortage of ... [Published Topnews.in - Mar 18 2010]
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Oxfam: 2012 Wealth and Income of World's 100 Ri... [Published AFL-CIO NOW BLOG - Jan 23 2013]
According to a new report from Oxfam, the wealth and income that the world's richest people accumulated last year would be enough to  eliminate world poverty four times over . Ben Phillips, a campaign director at Oxfam, said that extreme wealth is now ...
Should we (and everyone in Davos) worry about e... [Published From Poverty to Power by Duncan Green - Jan 21 2013]
Good to see Oxfam highlighting inequality in its media briefing ahead of this week’s annual gathering of power & plutocrats in Davos . Because inequality is about the relationship between different social groups, it is inherently more political ...
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