26 March, 2010
The most telling part of the Health debate this week was when a journalist questioned Kevin Rudd about the fact that what was desperately needed (and not in his shiny new plan) was more hospital beds.
Rudd responded in classic bureaucrat-speak, asserting that “the funding that we've p...
12 March, 2010
The most extensive, economically significant policy proposal to support working women in decades is put forward by a major political party… so where are the feminists and women’s groups?
Why is there such a conspicuous silence from those who “whooped” and figuratively threw streamers when t...
04 March, 2010
Sophie Mirabella MP, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, said that scientific integrity at the CSIRO has taken a back seat to the political game playing of the Rudd Government.
“In a clear abuse of the scientific process, the Minister for Science, Kim Carr, today contin...
01 March, 2010
Sophie Mirabella MP, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research said today that details of the draft national science curriculum represent a step back for science education.
“Political correctness has taken hold of the science curriculum, with Chinese traditional...