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Services, infrastructure winners in big-spending Victorian budget

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

The diamonds fell in a neat line for Victorian Treasurer, Tim Pallas, who hit the fiscal jackpot today in delivering his second budget.

Net new policy announcements hit a record $1.2billion, almost 40% higher than last year, which itself was an all-time high. There is money for almost all conceivable sectors, from new family violence initiatives in...

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Forgetting Martin Bryant: what to remember when we talk about Port Arthur

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Many Australians wish for nothing more than to forget Martin Bryant, the perpetrator of the Port Arthur massacre. Others insist that remembering both Bryant and the massacre is necessary if a proper reckoning is to be made with the events of April 28, 1996.

No matter where you stand, this is an important debate. How Bryant and, more importantly,...

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A shake-up in Australia's busy TV industry as Quickflix calls in the administrators

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imageQuickflix was the first to offer video on demand in Australia and it could be the first to fold.Shutterstock/ibreakstock

Australia’s first video-on-demand (VoD) service, Quickflix, issued a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange on Tuesday this week saying it has appointed voluntary administrators.

Administrator Ferrier Hodgson is repo...

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