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For information on how to make a submission to the ACCC inquiry into grocery prices, Fraser residents are invited to go to the ACCC website – www.accc.gov.au – or call the ACCC Infocentre on 1300 302 502.

The ALP Advisory Group on Federal-State Reform today released its report on reform to the system of Specific Purpose Payments (SPPs).

Among the range of options was a suggestion to reform SPP agreements to focus on outcomes, not inputs, to encourage efiiciency and innovation in the delivery of services by States.

I confidently predict that John Howard will, at some time during 2007, declare that reform of federal-state relations is a national priority. I expect he will then announce a proposition which will look like a step in the right direction, even though nothing will actually happen.

Question Time should be central to the vital process of holding ministers accountable for the discharge
of their important public duties. On most days, however, it is a farce!

This article on trade policy originally appeared in The Age on 24 July 2006.

Australia ’s alliance with the United States has always had a different character under Labor governments. The key elements remain the same: policy dialogue; intelligence; access to technology; and the distant possibility of the “security guarantee”.

This is a proposal for reforming the structure of the Australian Labor Party. It was written by Bob McMullan, and he has circulated it to ALP Members within the electorate of Fraser.

The recently announced decision to abolish the Board of Austrade is extraordinarily silly and will almost certainly be counter-productive to Australia’s desperate need to improve its export performance, particularly in manufactured goods and services.