Religion and Politics

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Religion and Politics

Category:Election Profiles,National 2007

In the 2007 election, we saw significant swings to the Christian Kevin Rudd led Labor Party across seats where religions such as Pentecostals and Lutherans were strongly represented and this relationship between the outer urban Pentecostals and the more rural Lutherans proved enduring enough to last right through to the end of the modelling process.


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Notes on Political Economy June 10

Category:Election Profiles,National 2010

In this note we are presenting some data relevant to the current Australian political economy, where we are in the middle of an election campaign, albeit a very boring one, and at the tail end of a major economic downturn, which is turning out to have quite a sting in its for poorer sections of


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May Regional Unemployment Index

Category:Labour Market

The May 2010 Regional Unemployment Index (RUIN) shows that the 2009 downturn is well and truly over, with demand for high SES jobs now so high that unemployment is heading down towards two percent in some wealthier suburbs and demand driven inflation should now be a real concern for the Reserve Bank.  ADS RUIN REPORT


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The original One Nation Profile

Category:Election Profiles,National 1998

Back in 1998 the major parties were under pressure from One Nation, particularly in the State of Queensland, where the fledgling party scored well amongst the older, rural, Australian born, less well educated and those with low-income, blue collar jobs. Fast forward to 2011 and the major parties are again under pressure with Green and


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Impact of the GFC on Education

Category:Education

Read the latest report on the impact the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has had on education costs on Australian enrolments by sector Latest ED Stats March 2011.pdf