Items Tagged With "Economic Stimulus"
Strengthening the Australian Economy
Blog post by Chris Bowen
posted: Thursday Mar 04, 2010, 11:08pm
The Rudd Government’s fiscal stimulus has been vital to Australia’s standing as one of only three advanced economies to avoid technical recession.
Avoiding recession in Australia has had its costs, but these pale in comparison to the long term costs of recession, including higher unemployment.
It is argued by some that future generations are being saddled with unsustainable debt as a result of the stimulus. I would say two things to those people.
Pacific Highway duplication gathering pace (News)
The upgrade of the Pacific Highway provides work for hundreds of Australians and modernises the road infrastructure vital to our nation’s long term economic prosperity.
Keeping Australia Working
Blog post by Jason Clare
posted: Friday Feb 12, 2010, 5:42pm
More than 8 million Americans have lost their job in the past 12 months. In Spain unemployment has rocketed up from 8.8 per cent to over 19. In Europe unemployment has hit 10 per cent for the first time in more than a decade. Worldwide 27 million people have lost their jobs in the past year.
Recessions kill jobs.
That’s why the economic stimulus plan is so important. It kept us out of recession and kept Australia working.
Here in Australia 180,000 additional jobs have been created in the past 12 months.
Stimulus provides Tasmanian road upgrade (News)
When finished, the bypass will ease congestion and give motorists a quicker, safer trip - and that is what the Rudd Government’s Nation Building for Recovery strategy is all about.
Stimulus info for Hunter Valley business (News)
The economic stimulus plan is supporting jobs, tradies and small businesses during the economic downturn and is an important part of the region’s economic recovery.
Safety inspections for foil insulation (News)
Every home that has foil insulation installed under the Government’s Home Insulation Program will undergo an electrical safety inspection because inspections to date have found examples of ‘live’ insulation in roofs.
A One Stop Jobs Shop
Blog post by Jason Clare
posted: Thursday Feb 04, 2010, 10:20pm
What would it take to attract 9000 people to the Whitlam Leisure Centre in Western Sydney on a Friday? A Pearl Jam concert? A 20/20 cricket match? An appearance by the great man himself?
Last December I found the answer - the chance to get a job.
As part of the Rudd Government’s Economic Stimulus Plan we held a Jobs Expo in Western Sydney. In one day 9000 people turned up - keen to find a job. The Whitlam Leisure Centre was transformed into a jobs supermarket, a one-stop-shop for jobs.
Stimulus supporting local jobs
Blog post by Mark Arbib
posted: Sunday Jan 31, 2010, 12:04am
Next time you drive past a primary school you’ll surely see how the Rudd Government’s $42 billion Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan is supporting jobs and small business and is building the long-term infrastructure for the country’s future.
With 70 per cent of the stimulus invested on road, rail, school construction and housing infrastructure, it is supporting up to 210,000 jobs.
Opposition opposes jobs for tradies (News)
In its war on truth, the Opposition is feigning concern for small business while opposing jobs for tradies and other small businesses from the economic stimulus plan's biggest school modernisation program in Australia's history.
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