If the rhetoric of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission鈥檚 report on Australia鈥檚 health system is taken at face value, health care in Australia will get an impressive overhaul courtesy of the federal government.
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Siddique Abdullah Hasan is on death row in Ohio. He is one of the Lucasville Five, prisoners railroaded onto death row after a 1993 prison rebellion against abuses by prison authorities. Below, he writes about the July 21 execution in Ohio of Marvallous Keene 鈥 the 1000th prisoner to be executed by lethal injection in the US since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
Slaughterhouse FiveBy Kurt VonnegutFirst published in 1969224 pages, $24.95
Australian Coal Association (ACA) executive director Ralph Hillman believes the industry doesn鈥檛 want special treatment from the Rudd Labor government. It just wants the same 鈥渇air treatment鈥 given to other big polluters under the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS).
The Tasmanian Liberal Party, now in opposition, is running with a new youth-bashing policy in the lead-up to the next state election. The election will take place early next year.
Socialist Alliance member Fred Fuentes is currently working in Caracas, Venezuela. Last week, he wrote back on the political situation there.
On July 31, Wollongong's satirical 鈥楤illionaires for Coal鈥 group rallied outside the ALP national conference in Sydney to congratulate the party on a 鈥渏ob well done鈥.
Canice Lynch was sacked from his job at the West Gate Bridge strengthening project on July 24. Lynch was the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) shop steward at the site.
The Tasmanian Labour Party held its state conference in Hobart on July 26. It adopted a new policy in support of same-sex marriage after a close vote.
Former Queensland Labor cabinet minister Gordon Nuttall was sentenced to seven years jail on July 17. He was found guilty of corruptly receiving secret payments from two Queensland businessmen.
More than 200 council workers and their supporters joined sacked council workers Mick Van Beek and Peter Anderson in Johnston Park, Geelong on the morning of July 28.
鈥淭he system here in Victoria for delivering quality training to both domestic students and international students is working very, very well鈥, Jacinta Allan, Victorian skills and workplace participation minister told ABC Stateline on July 24 in response to criticisms of Australia鈥檚 international education market.
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