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Productivity Commission

Type: Organization

Name: Productivity Commission

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

University of Melbourne

Havoc: Air conditioners up blackout fears

Record number of household air conditioners "Power outages and blackouts" feared in heatwave Push for new tariffs with high summer "peak" rates FAMILIES face greater risks of blackouts during extreme heatwaves this summer because of a record number of ... [Published Adelaide Now - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Power Grid, Energy Institute, Productivity Commission, University of Melbourne, Push

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Julia Gillard

Disability scheme shows the best in us

In a budget week of deficits and billion-dollar figures, of cuts and thrusts across the body politic, there was a moment of unifying commendation. Last Wednesday, Prime Minister Julia Gillard rose to give the second reading of the Medicare Levy Amendment ... [Published Melbourne Age - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Disability, Julia Gillard, Australia, Medicare

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Tony Abbott

150,000 families face childcare pain

Source: adelaidenow CHILDCARE Minister Kate Ellis has revealed up to 150,000 families will be stung by the Budget's decision to freeze a $7500 cap on childcare relief for half a decade. For the first time, the Gillard government has admitted the number ... [Published NEWS.com.au - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Kate Ellis, Means Test, Productivity Commission, Wayne Swan, Tony Abbott

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Joe Hockey

Why Joe knows what women really want

Source: JOE Hockey has backed tax deductibility for childcare and broken with Liberal Party policy on the possible need for quotas for women on boards. In an exclusive interview, Mr Hockey said working mums were crucial to productivity. "I argued early ... [Published Adelaide Now - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Taxes, Paternity Leave, Productivity Commission, Joe Hockey

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

PWDA welcomes Coalition commitment to the NDIS

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the commitment by the Coalition to maintain the funding support for the NDIS (DisabilityCare) and ensure the scheme remains true to the principles of the Productivity Commission report."Last night in his ... [Published Scoop - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Productivity Commission, Craig Wallace, Coalition

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Queensland Health

Editorial: Levies tax voters patience

Source: The Australian QUEENSLAND households have every reason to feel a bit bruised, battered and set upon this week. After a fairly dour federal Budget, which contained its share of tax and benefit pain, and little in the way of immediate sweeteners, ... [Published Brisbane Courier-Mail - May 17 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Queensland Health, Productivity Commission

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

HRC concerned new legislation 'will compromise disability rights' (Fuseworks)

The is concerned that new legislation will make it more difficult for disabled people and their families to access their rights. The New Zealand Public Health and Disability Amendment Bill (No 2), passed under urgency today, will contribute approximately ... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - May 17 2013]

Entities: Disability, Litigation, David Rutherford, Paul Gibson

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Housing package improves affordability, access

Bill English, Nick Smith Budget 2013 contains an ambitious and comprehensive package of measures aimed at making houses more affordable and improving access to social housing, Finance Minister Bill English and Housing Minister Nick Smith say.“Too many ... [Published Beehive.govt.nz - May 16 2013]

Entities: Nick Smith, Hsg New Zealand Corp, Bill English (NZ Politician), New Zealand

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Tax hike sparks concern for online purchases

A HIGHER tax will be slugged on big purchases from overseas, sparking concern it will be the first step towards lowering the GST-free threshold for online purchases.The Federal Budget papers this week revealed the Labor Government would increase the Customs ... [Published Toowoomba Chronicle - May 16 2013]

Entities: Commodities, Productivity Commission, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, Australia

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Ag chemicals bill to add costs

FARMERS fear extra regulations after the House of Representatives passed the agricultural and veterinary chemicals bill.The bill - aimed to improve the efficiency of agricultural and veterinary chemicals regulations - was part of the Federal Government's ... [Published Weekly Times Now - May 16 2013]

Entities: Chemical, John Cobb, Joe Ludwig, Productivity Commission

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 3 reports

'Huge inconsistencies' in council decisions

The Government and local councils have been told they need to work together better to bring consistency to regulatory decisions.An independent inquiry into regulatory performance in local government has found that decisions differ greatly between councils, ... [Published Radio New Zealand - May 13 2013]

Entities: Murray Sherwin, Productivity Commission

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 4 reports

Taxpayers footing the bill for overseas Rio Tinto mine

AUSTRALIAN taxpayers will help Rio Tinto to fund a $US5.1 billion mine expansion in Mongolia, after Australia's export credit agency decided to continue its controversial habit of lending to multinational corporations.Despite pleas for it to focus on ... [Published Toowoomba Chronicle - May 13 2013]

Entities: Rio Tinto Group, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, Australia

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The ESAA also says the Productivity Commission has described a hidden cost of $2000 per air conditioner installed, because of added grid stress. "Households without air conditioners pay an implicit subsidy of $330 each year for upgrades to networks and generators" it says

Havoc: Air conditioners up blackout fears [Published Adelaide Now - 2 hours ago]

In her speech to Parliament last week, Ms Gillard said that "in this bill, we see Australia at its very best" . The Prime Minister was right. Cynics might see in this statement a little self-congratulation; for ''Australia'', read ''Labor''...

Disability scheme shows the best in us [Published Melbourne Age - 8 hours ago]

..."The rebate will continue to be not means tested," Ms Ellis said. "When they were last in government, the Coalition offered families only a 30 per cent rebate with a cap of just $4354. "The overwhelming majority of Australian families - nearly 90 per cent - receiving the child care rebate will not reach the cap in 2014-15." Most families do not have their children in childcare five days a week and as a result the average rebate amount claimed by families even by 2017 will be just $3,648 per family. "What families should be most worried about is Tony Abbott's publicly stated plans to have child care fee assistance designed by the Productivity Commission which has previously recommended that the rebate be means tested.""

150,000 families face childcare pain [Published NEWS.com.au - 9 hours ago]

...there's a group of senior men that are really trying to show strong leadership in this area who are really supportive of women," she said, adding: "Having said that, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result."

Why Joe knows what women really want [Published Adelaide Now - 11 hours ago]

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Havoc: Air conditioners up blackout fears [Published Adelaide Now - 2 hours ago]
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HRC concerned new legislation 'will compromise ... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - May 17 2013]
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Tax hike sparks concern for online purchases [Published Toowoomba Chronicle - May 16 2013]
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Ag chemicals bill to add costs [Published Weekly Times Now - May 16 2013]
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The Liberals cannot waste a big win on doing no... [Published Andrew Bolt - Feb 28 2013] The timetable for reform is worrying slow, if seemingly politically expedient:THE Productivity Commission would be charged with overhauling the nation’s workplace… ...
Two decades and counting… [Published BraveNewClimate - Feb 18 2013] Guest Post by Geoff Russell . Geoff is a mathematician and computer programmer and is a member of Animal Liberation SA. He has published a book on diet and science, CSIRO Perfidy . While the French have been generating electricty for ~80 grams ...
Australian government orders Apple, Microsoft a... [Published The Next Web - Feb 11 2013] Last year the Australian government pledged to investigate why consumers in the country are forced to pay more for downloads, and that has led authorities to summon Apple, Microsoft and Abode to explain their pricing strategies. Kotaku reports ...
Privilege in Australia, Part II [Published Core Economics - Jan 17 2013] In part I the question was posed to the readers which privileges bothered them most about Australia and what they thought could be done to reduce them. In this part I want to start to consider the barriers by talking about the ‘face’ of any privilege ...
Reducing privilege in Australia, part I [Published Core Economics - Jan 14 2013] A question for you: how to combat privilege? As economists well know, we are all rent seekers who try to secure more and more privileges for ourselves and our families, be it monopoly rights (such as currently legally given to medical specialists or ...