Skilled Mirgrant Shake Up

Published on February 9, 2010 by Technology Slice

A LONG-ANTICIPATED shake-up of skilled migration has split the education sector, with private colleges warning of catastrophe and public institutions praising the priority it gives to the smartest for permanent residency.
Immigration Minister Chris Evans yesterday announced an overhaul of Australia’s independent skilled migration system to break the link between studying a trade in short [...]

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Avoiding the Abyss

Published on January 30, 2010 by Technology Slice

Current government officials including current and former Treasury Secretaries often refer to the measures employed to correct the financial crisis in the fall of 2008 as avoiding the “abyss”. Indeed, if panic had continued to spread the potential collapse of the house of cards built on credit leverage would have been significant. But questions arise as to the appropriateness of the actions taken and why the state of the financial industry was in such dire straits.

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Open Question: Do you think Iceland should be made to pay back the £2.3 billion it owes the British tax payer?

Published on January 7, 2010 by Technology Slice

After the British government compensated savers after the Icelandic banking collapse ?

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