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Challenging the Market: More evidence of the failure of market led reform in Australia: market reform in water threatens Australia's future

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A space for people concerned about the extension of the market into every sphere of life: perspectives from the West. Wednesday, June 1, 2011. More evidence of the failure of market led reform in Australia: market reform in water threatens Australia's future. Australian water is now effectively commoditised: allocated to whoever is willing to pay the going price". Excellent article by Ian Douglas. Of Fair Water Use Australia. On the failure of market approaches in national water reform.:. Australian wate...

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Challenging the Market: Neoliberalism, market fundamentalism and the colonization of Aboriginal policy

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A space for people concerned about the extension of the market into every sphere of life: perspectives from the West. Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Neoliberalism, market fundamentalism and the colonization of Aboriginal policy. The Australian journalist, writer and social justice campaigner. Two cogent and articulate critiques of the colonization of Aboriginal policy making in this country by the cancer of neo-liberalism (or what others call market fundamentalism). Is available on line here. Of the land and m...

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Challenging the Market: April 2012

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A space for people concerned about the extension of the market into every sphere of life: perspectives from the West. Sunday, April 15, 2012. Service provider's religious views to determine public services. There are plenty of reasons to oppose the Barnett Government's privatization of public hospitals and public health services at Fiona Stanley Hospital and the Midland Hospital. Here is another one (article here. Mr Cook said the public would be given a truncated service dictated by the private operator.

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Challenging the Market: June 2011

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A space for people concerned about the extension of the market into every sphere of life: perspectives from the West. Wednesday, June 1, 2011. More evidence of the failure of market led reform in Australia: market reform in water threatens Australia's future. Australian water is now effectively commoditised: allocated to whoever is willing to pay the going price". Excellent article by Ian Douglas. Of Fair Water Use Australia. On the failure of market approaches in national water reform.:. Australian wate...

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Challenging the Market: January 2011

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A space for people concerned about the extension of the market into every sphere of life: perspectives from the West. Thursday, January 20, 2011. Gavin Mooney on the difference between compassionate acts and a compassionate society. Photo courtesy of the Age and Getty. This piece first appeared in Crikey. Floods aside just how compassionate is Australia. Health Economist and co convener WA Social Justice Network. That strong, compassionate communities are good for people’s health. One of the difficulties...

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Challenging the Market: September 2010

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A space for people concerned about the extension of the market into every sphere of life: perspectives from the West. Monday, September 27, 2010. Crisis in WA hospitals. This op ed piece by Professor Gavin Mooney. Appeared in the West Australian on Friday September. 24th in response to ongoing problems in the WA health care system, highlighted by a recent crises involving ambulance ramping. At the city's major public hospitals. The accounts of the ramping of ambulances. My questions however are these.

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Challenging the Market: November 2011

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A space for people concerned about the extension of the market into every sphere of life: perspectives from the West. Sunday, November 13, 2011. Phillip Pullman and the greedy ghost of market fundamentalism. There are things above profit, things that profit knows nothing about. things that stand for civic decency and public respect for imagination and knowledge and the value of simple delight". By the British novelist and writer Philip Pullman. Public goods and services. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). We wo...

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Challenging the Market: Phillip Pullman and the greedy ghost of market fundamentalism

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A space for people concerned about the extension of the market into every sphere of life: perspectives from the West. Sunday, November 13, 2011. Phillip Pullman and the greedy ghost of market fundamentalism. There are things above profit, things that profit knows nothing about. things that stand for civic decency and public respect for imagination and knowledge and the value of simple delight". By the British novelist and writer Philip Pullman. Public goods and services. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Challenging the Market: July 2011

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A space for people concerned about the extension of the market into every sphere of life: perspectives from the West. Saturday, July 23, 2011. Market based approaches are a threat to vulnerable people. Images by Simon Bosch, courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald. State and Federal Governments of all persuasion continue their love affair with "market based approaches" to the provision of health services and human and community services. Adele Horin's piece in the Sydney Morning Herald Sad Truth behind Clo...

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Challenging the Market: The failure of market driven reform in Australia

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A space for people concerned about the extension of the market into every sphere of life: perspectives from the West. Thursday, April 28, 2011. The failure of market driven reform in Australia. Is one of a growing number of Australian economists who continue to make the case that the market-based reforms imposed by Federal and State Governments over the last two decades have not delivered the anticipated benefits for consumers and ordinary citizens, and in many cases have been unmitigated failures. Quigg...