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		<title>Regulating childcare into the ground</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>"daddy" Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Federal Government is regulating the child care industry into the ground (I&#8217;ve noted this before).
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As of September 1 2009, it&#8217;s even worse. 
New regulations coming into force allow bureaucrats to fine child care centres $44,000 for a mistake, including mis-spellings when entering the computer, and $22,000 for individuals. 
Yep, that&#8217;s right&#8230; workers who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The higher education bubble</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>"daddy" Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s going to be an enquiry into higher education in Australia. Indian student representatives said that this is well overdue, because students don&#8217;t have adequate consumer protection.
But the higher education industry in Australia has a range of problems that will not be solved by an enquiry.
* Australian universities&#8217; ability to innovate in revenue strategies has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;ll go bust when China goes bust</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>"daddy" Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australian politicians have been patting themselves on the back for avoiding the recession that much of the Western world has fallen into, most notably the United States. Our &#8220;soft landing&#8221; is attributed to two things: a clever &#8220;stimulus&#8221; package that injected money into the economy to keep things humming along; and the strength of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The child care racket</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>"daddy" Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Government was recently advised that child care costs should increase. The increase will mostly be for increased carer training: all carers will have to be TAFE or university trained. It will also cover stricter standards, and lower child-carer ratios.
This is the most wrong-headed, brain-addled advice that could possibly be given to the government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GFC now hits Australian universities</title>
		<link>http://www.empiricist.com/articles/gfc-now-hits-australian-universities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 02:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>"daddy" Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Universities have been hurting from the global financial crisis. Now apparently Australian universities are hitting tough times too: top universities bleeding millions. The fact that they are &#8216;public sector&#8217; didn&#8217;t insulate them after all.
The crash of the universities&#8217; financial reserves, which will reduce their ability to fund building projects, scholarships and research, will add [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wisdom of Crowds and the chance of a flu pandemic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>"daddy" Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The wisdom of crowds is put to the test: Can markets predict the likelihood of a swine flu pandemic?
Or rather, can they accurately predict the probability? There seem to be plenty of indicators that can be used, ranging from shares in anti-virals to virtual betting markets. The only question is whether those estimates have any [...]]]></description>
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