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Austerity! What Austerity?
Written by Stu O'Brien
With an unemployment rate of around 5%, low inflation, low debt, low interest rates and a ‘AAA’ credit rating, the Australian economy has been the envy of many other developed nations since the global financial crisis (GFC) struck in late 2008.
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Stu O'Brien
Stu lives in Melbourne and has a Masters in Development Practice from University of Queensland. He has lived and worked in Philippines, Tanzania, Kenya, Nauru and remote Australia. Stu will be self-publishing his first travel book, ‘Everything all of the time’ later this year covering his travels and volunteering (www.knmtanzania.com) in Africa. There is a facebook page here, https://www.facebook.com/eaott which you can 'like.'
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Australia steady on the fiscal cliff, slipping off the moral edge
Written by Stu O'Brien
The tremors of the world’s economic crisis are never fully resonated in Australia, a country with an advantageous tectonic and fiscal position.
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A history of conflict, a future of peace?
Written by Stu O'Brien
Conflict is an inevitable element of human societies.
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Australia ill at ease without Olympic gold rush
Written by Stu O'Brien
The Australian sporting psyche was established in the 1950’s and 60’s when the country produced an abundance of international sporting heroes. Dominating the pool, tennis courts and cricket fields, we quickly became used to the drug of victory.
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Education dreaming, becoming reality
Written by Stu O'Brien
The Australian education discourse is a largely urban one. Families in the capital cities have an abundance of schooling options to choose from, with the major consideration being the merits of public vs. private education. The biggest gap in Australia’s education system, where the ‘right to a good education’ is hardest […]
