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1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 min. 38 sec.) ; 179646650 bytes |
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GOVERNMENT FLAGS SPENDING SHAKE-UP IN COMING BUDGETThe Abbott Government is signalling voters should prepare for tough decisions in its first budget in May; because the current level of public spending cannot be sustained. Tony Abbott says the budget will be a test of character and has warned his Coalition colleagues to expect community anxiety about its contents.CHRIS BOWEN DESCRIBES FUNDAMENTAL FLAW IN GOVERNMENT'S NARRATIVEShadow Treasurer Chris Bowen says there is a 'fundamental and fatal flaw' in the Government's line on budget pressures, and explains why.UN CONDEMNS AUSTRALIA'S GUANTANAMO BAYThe past weeks violence on Manus Island has overshadowed the plight of another group of asylum seekers who face an equally bleak future. About 50 people officially recognised as refugees are currently detained within Australia with no prospect of being released after receiving negative security assessments from ASIO.AUSTRALIA'S MOST SENIOR CATHOLIC HEADS TO ROME A POLARISING FIGURECardinal George Pell, Australia's most senior Catholic, has been elevated by the Pope to one of the Church's most powerful positions in Rome |
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Broadcast 2014-02-25 at 19:30:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Budget -- Management.
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Economic development -- Social aspects.
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Government spending policy -- Social aspects.
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Political refugees -- Social conditions.
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Refugees -- Government policy.
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Refugees -- Psychology.
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Australia.
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Papua New Guinea -- Manus Island.
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Streaming video
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Ferguson, Sarah, host
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Duffy, Conor, reporter
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Lane, Sabra, reporter
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Peacock, Matt, reporter
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Abbott, Tony, contributor
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Bartos, Stephen, contributor
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Bowen, Chris, contributor
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Coleridge, Mark, contributor
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Collins, Paul, contributor
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Craven, Greg, contributor
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Daley, John, contributor
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De Soyza, Niromi, contributor
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Grant, L. Trevor, contributor
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Hockey, Joe, contributor
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King, Catherune, contributor
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Piggott, John, contributor
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Saul, Ben, contributor
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Truss, Warren, contributor
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