Australia is a world leader in some areas of defence technology, and that’s where we should focus, not building whole ships or submarines for export, Federal Department of Defence Chief Defence Scientist and Head, Defence Science and Technology Group, Dr Alex Zelinsky has told CEDA’s State of Nation conference in Canberra.
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01/06/2017
“While Australians in the past have thought that we were far removed from strife, we need to consider the sobering fact that we sit in the heavily militarised Indo-Pacific region,” Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon. Christopher Pyne has told CEDA’s State of the Nation conference in Canberra.
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01/06/2017
The current welfare system is not stringent enough in getting people off welfare and into work, Federal Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Christian Porter has told an audience in Canberra.
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01/06/2017
Using the NDIS as a political play thing is revolting, The Australian Greens Spokesperson for Finance and Trade, Youth, Schools, Early Childhood Education and Care, Arts, Education, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has told a CEDA audience at State of the Nation in Canberra.
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01/06/2017
“Given around eighty per cent of Australia’s $2.1 trillion household debt is tied up in mortgages, it is important to tread carefully when tinkering with the housing market,” Federal Treasurer, the Hon. Scott Morrison has told a CEDA audience in Canberra.
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01/06/2017
Australia has dropped out of the top 20 most competitive nations, falling to 21 according to the latest results. However, it has fared better in a special digital competitiveness ranking coming in at 15.
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01/06/2017
If we don’t get energy policy right in this country we will be hurting our international competitiveness and we will be hurting our households even more, Federal Minister for the Environment and Energy, the Hon. Josh Frydenberg has told a CEDA audience in Canberra at State of the Nation 2017.
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31/05/2017
There is a whole lot that we’re doing here in Australia that has really good bones…but we’re just not very good at communicating that success, MTP Connect Managing Director and CEO, Sue MacLeman has told a CEDA audience at State of the Nation in Canberra.
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31/05/2017
There is an investment strike in the national electricity market, South Australian Treasurer the Hon. Tom Koutsantonis has told CEDA’s State of the Nation Conference in Canberra.
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31/05/2017
We have loopholes and concession in our tax system utilised by the fortunate few which puts much more burden on the pay-as-you-go taxpayer, distorting the housing market and making budget repair more difficult, Federal Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Bill Shorten has told a CEDA audience at State of the Nation in Canberra.
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31/05/2017