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But that is just what John Howard did when he launched Duron Energy, a renewable energy company that 00004000 has just started sales of solar-powered plug and play devices for lighting and battery recharges in villages across Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh. Elsewhere in rural Bihar, Gyanesh Pandey, chief executive officer and co-founder of Husk Power Systems, and his team of co-founders that includes Charles Ransler, a class of 2009 alumnus of the University of Virginias Darden School of... (India Times)
Cruising before a bruising: Abbott pumped up for title fight Feb 3, 2010
Then they oppose an ETS that John Howard tells us is basically the same as the one they originally proposed and took to the election as their policy. Finally they now announce an ETS that is not an ETS.. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Future shock as the PM looks for fresh mantra Feb 2, 2010
Of course, he wont have the benefit of a poorly distributed electorate to get him in with less than half of the popular vote, al la John Howard in 1998. He's go some work to do. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Greens slip truth into advertising Feb 2, 2010
Alexander says one of his first major events will be a fund-raising tribute dinner for former Bennelong MP John Howard and his wife Janette next month. In a sign that the voters of Bennelong are about to see a lot more of him and his main opponent, the Labor MP Maxine McKew, Alexander says he is free of almost all other commitments, so can devote a large amount of time to campaigning. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
* Ma lauds rescue efforts in Haiti, meets Howard Feb 2, 2010
President Ma Ying-jeou shakes hands with International Democrat Union chairman and former Australian prime minister John Howard at the Presidential Office in Taipei yesterday ... Ma made the remarks while meeting John Howard, chairman of International Democratic Union and former Australian prime minister, at the Presidential Office yesterday afternoon. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Sex issues a father should avoid Feb 1, 2010
The last person to get that nasty about Gillard's personal life was Bill Heffernan and he was slapped down pretty quickly by John Howard for doing so. Yet again it's a man who feels the need to comment on a woman's sex life and life choices, particularly when she does not have children. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
It's time to discuss tax reform; stand by for absurd debate Feb 1, 2010
In fact, so much traction that John Howard was able to announce at the time that on election to government the Coalition would repeal the FBT as it was ''anti-business, enormously bureaucratic and will do great harm to the productive sector of the Australian economy. Lest it be thought that only one side of politics indulges in such tactics, the debates surrounding the introduction of GST 15 years later show that no party has a monopoly in utilising this technique. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
* KMT stepping up efforts to attract young talent Jan 31, 2010
Former prime minister of Australia John Howard will also attend the two-day meeting as the IDUs chairman. This story has been viewed 401 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Both sides struggle to balance the long and short of policy Jan 31, 2010
When John Howard was considering an ETS, many thought the markets were perfect and to some infailable ... Point three: Kevin Rudd tried to absolve his State Labor mates for the abysmal state of our Hospitals by blaming John Howard for cutting funds to the States ... He kept on blaming John Howard while continuing to say that he was going to end the blame game. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Dealing with life in the carbon trading twilight zone Jan 30, 2010
John Howard employed Gwen Andrews [to head up the Australian Greenhouse Office. The ASX launched a carbon contract. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
How Howard was spooked by Rudd in 2007 Jan 30, 2010
JOHN Howard went into the 2007 election campaign with a secret $18 billion plan to fix the nation's public hospitals but dumped the policy after being spooked by Kevin Rudd's vow to end "reckless spending", a former top aide has revealed. Mr Howard also wanted to open the election debate by saying, "I know people are suffering" which his advisers took as more evidence that he had been "psyched out by Rudd". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
NBJ names Forty Under 40 winners Jan 29, 2010
John Howard, Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority. Colby Jubenville, Center for Sport Policy and Research. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
High-stakes testing Jan 28, 2010
The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, has not hidden her glee at succeeding where John Howard failed. Gillard has made it clear the public shaming process is a necessary evil to help underperforming schools and she is enlisting parents to drive that change. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Lenders Pursue Defaulted Mortgage Borrowers in U.S. Long After Foreclosure Jan 28, 2010
That was the case when two of his clients, Brigitte and John Howard, sold their home in New Port Richey, Florida, almost two years ago without using a lawyer to check the banks short- sale agreement. $20,000 Shock. (Bloomberg -- US)
Forget having a republic or a new flag Jan 28, 2010
As prime minister, John Howard used to take care at election times to declare Australia "the greatest country in the world". The line was always well received. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Flat booze tax would be a brave move Jan 27, 2010
The wine lobby is undoubtedly powerful, and while John Howard's cabinet had a heavy South Australian bias and the Liberal/National parties had their rural constituency to consider, the Rudd Government may be less inclined to protect the wine industry indefinitely ... John Howard tried to change beer tax when the GST was introduced but backed down when he recognised the political pain associated with a campaign that harnessed the power of the beer-drinking public. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Stressed-out leaders and hormonal magpies swoop at their peril Jan 25, 2010
noitall, you might not be thrilled to know that Turnbull once apparently referred to John Howard as a vagina - in the anglo saxon term. Bailey's Mother - October 05, 2009, 5:43PM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Australia made our dreams come true Jan 25, 2010
After many years with John Howard and his cronies in government, we've seen a pernicious feedback system whereby his own prejudices fueled and were fueled by the electorate, fostering xenophobia and individualism, on many levels. His antiquated way of thinking set this country back years, to the point where, at times, I felt embarrassed to call myself 'Australian. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Abbott's fight to have choir sing from same hymn sheet Jan 25, 2010
It seems unlikely but both John Howard and Andrew Peacock came back (to say nothing of Robert Menzies). Just now, Tony Abbott might be thinking more about the short term will Turnbull be an irritant in the next few months. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
National symbols Jan 23, 2010 NZ learns lesson on public-private funds Jan 22, 2010 Last member of NZ family found in Haiti Jan 22, 2010 Pie-chucker Howard up for plum job Jan 22, 2010 Rudd cracks croc jokes in Top End Jan 22, 2010 Some migrants resist equality: Abbott Jan 22, 2010 Accused investors plan to leave country Jan 22, 2010 Fearnley changed by kindness of 'angels' Jan 22, 2010 Rocco Fazzari Jan 22, 2010 Cockatoo Ridge's woes are part of wider pain that could last years unless pollies have something up their sleeves. Jan 22, 2010 Let's not go backwards for the sake of ideology Jan 21, 2010 Rudd slams Howard 'spree' Jan 21, 2010 Give grey workers tax breaks, Henry says Jan 21, 2010 Man who would be king, but not governor-general ... yet Jan 20, 2010 Boom-time spending has put strain on budget, Rudd says Jan 20, 2010 Edith Howard Jan 20, 2010 Rudd says govt must tighten its belt Jan 19, 2010 The cat is out of the bag regarding Nicholas Bolton's latest scheme, his vulture fund, Australian Style. Jan 19, 2010 Pole-asked: why Abbott gets in a muddle about middle Australia Jan 18, 2010 In Howard's steps Jan 17, 2010 Abbott's $750m green pledge Jan 15, 2010 More to protecting the Murray-Darling than water buy-backs Jan 15, 2010 That funny stage of life Jan 14, 2010 Art of the poisoned pen Jan 14, 2010 Fantasy of all-seeing spy Jan 13, 2010 Honk if you love VW buses Jan 13, 2010 "The Hurt Locker" and Bogart's 1943 "Sahara" Jan 13, 2010 Gerard Henderson Jan 13, 2010 Little room to change tack on matters of national security Jan 12, 2010 MICHAEL PASCOE Jan 11, 2010 Finding orientation in the gene hunt Jan 10, 2010 Stay in touch Jan 10, 2010 Paul Keating Jan 10, 2010 Holocaust fable tipped to earn big slice of pi Jan 10, 2010 AJC stories on the CDC » Jan 10, 2010 Howard returns to CDC post Jan 10, 2010 Power plays of a media deal-maker Jan 10, 2010
RICHARD WHITE AND MELISSA HARPER. Vegemite may be an Australian symbol but its owne by a global brand. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Howard pads away rumours of world cricket job Jan 23, 2010
AFTER willingly describing himself for years as a cricket ''tragic'' - while unwittingly exposing himself to be a tragic cricketer - John Howard is in the running for the post-prime ministerial job he probably always wanted: running international cricket ... Cricket Australia's decision to nominate John Howard as its candidate ... Cricket Australia's decision to nominate John Howard as its candidate for the top job at the International Cricket Council is as pitiful as it is disrespectful. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
January 22, 2010 - 7:39PM. Promoters of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in New Zealand say the structures of prominent project failures in Australia are not being contemplated here. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
January 22, 2010 - 6:44PM. Rescuers in Haiti have found the body of a five-year-old New Zealand girl killed in last week's massive earthquake, in the collapsed hotel where she was staying with her family in Port-au-Prince. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
John Howard ICC role ... Former Australian PM John Howard rolls his arm over in Kashmir in 2005 ... After describing himself for years as a ''cricket tragic'' - and exposing himself to be a tragic cricketer - John Howard is in the running for the post-prime ministerial job he probably always wanted: running international cricket. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
January 22, 2010 - 6:54PM. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's visit to the Top End has proved to be an exercise in positive public relations, complete with crocodile reference. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
In the speech Mr Abbott evoked John Howard's 2001 re-election mantra, in which the then prime minister said: "We will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they come.". "John Howard's declaration about Australians controlling who comes to this country resonated because it struck most people as self-evidently and robustly true," the opposition leader said ... John Howard has been nominated as Cricket Australia's candidate for the top job at the International Cricket... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
January 22, 2010 - 3:39PM. A Coffs Harbour couple whose investment group collapsed leaving investors $63 million out of pocket, plan to move to London, but the corporate regulator is trying to stop them. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Fearnley changed by kindness of 'angels. Fearnley changed by kindness of 'angels. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
As Peter Hartcher opines the presence of John Howard is still very much felt in. Rocco Fazzari12. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Much of the industry's difficulties were, arguably, created by an indulgent body politic in Canberra - begun under former prime minister Paul Keating and maintained for way too many years under John Howard. Briefly, Keating compromised on a sales tax rise in the mid-1990s, recommended in a Productivity Commission report, but other measures came in, including the tax-effective managed investment schemes in the early life of Howard's government, which encouraged grape growers and winemakers (and,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Financial System Regulation. In terms of policy, this year started much better than last. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
On the second day of a whistlestop tour of the country, the Prime Minister said overspending in boom times under John Howard had set an unsustainable pattern of spending. This high level of government spending of the late 1990s and early 2000s has locked in a permanently higher spending base,'' Mr Rudd said in Hobart. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Making a partisan political point, Dr Henry pointed out the coalition had campaigned against the fringe benefits tax in 1987, when John Howard was opposition leader. "I still find it hard to believe the intensity of the opposition to this rather obvious requirement of tax system fairness and integrity," Dr Henry said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
When it comes to the royals and all that, Kirby is every bit as much a monarchist as John Howard. To top it off, the constitutional monarchists are good campaigners. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
On day two of a whistlestop tour of the nation, the Prime Minister said overspending in boom times under John Howard had set an unsustainable pattern of spending. This high level of government spending of the late 1990s and early 2000s has locked in a permanently higher spending base,'' Mr Rudd said at an Australia Day reception in Hobart. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Casketbearers will be Vernon McKim, Troy McKim, Wesley Howard, Randy Howell, Mark Howell, Chris Howell, Bart Howard and John Howard. An honorary bearer will be Sam Sessler. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Mr Rudd criticised former prime minister John Howard for increasing annual spending by 3. 8 per cent a year during the mining boom of the early 2000s, saying that was profligate. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
After all, the 27-year-old only managed to escape a $77 million debt to BrisConnections thanks to a rather shady put option deal done with his dad's best mate, John Howard Williams, which relieved him of the huge financial obligation. Other than the $4. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Abbott, therefore, spokesman for John Howard and now Leader of the Opposition, tells us that if you are a certain type of person, he will not be informing you that you are in the wrong. You could be up a pole, starving yourself, on an argument of dubious merit. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Tony Abbott has taken much from his political mentor, but it would be wrong to think he is just John Howard by default. TONY Abbott said before Christmas: ''I hope to be John Howard's political heir, not his clone ... And like Latham, he's doomed to self-destruct Abbott's no John Howard who constantly risk-assessed. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Quoting the former prime minister John Howard, Mr Abbott said the main problem with the Murray-Darling was that rivers did not respect state borders. Mr Abbott would repeat Mr Howard's request for the states to give control of the Basin to the Commonwealth. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
As John Howard frequently observed, rivers don't acknowledge state borders. If there is one environmental planning issue crying out for a national rather than a state-by-state approach, it is management of a catchment extending across Queensland, NSW and Victoria, and on which South Australia is critically dependent. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
I was walking through the crowd as John Howard ... "I was walking through the crowd as John Howard. She was about eight rows higher up and she started waving and calling out: 'Terry! Terry! Hello!' " Not wanting to ignore her, Serio turned to her and, in his best Howard voice, said: "Hello, Bessie.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Price was an equal-opportunity tormentor; while he lampooned Rudd as a man who could ''sniff microphone foam from one end of Parliament House to another'', he dubbed John Howard the ''Evil Genius'' and - as Howard's popularity rating plummeted towards the end of his reign - ''The Unpreferred Prime Minister ... Andrew Thomson, who served John Howard briefly as minister for sport and ultimately was hunted out of the federal seat of Wentworth by Peter King, who was duly hunted out by Malcolm... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
To his credit, John Howard used regularly to say that not every terrorist attack can be stopped - regrettably, this usually came when he was hyping up the threat to score a political point. But Obama has avoided explaining the hard truth, that perfect security against a determined enemy is impossible. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The event usually draws about 250 buses from around the country, said John Howard, an organizer for the event, now in its 14th year. "We do it all for charity. . . . So far we're getting close to $80,000 we've donated.". (AZCentral -- Travel)
"Sahara" was co-written by John Howard Lawson, a future charter member of the and his script earns his reputation. In one of the film's best scenes, there occurs a scene conspicuously lacking in "The Hurt Locker," a discussion of faith and comparative religion. (Salon)
This year witnessed the demise of the George Bush/Tony Blair/John Howard axis of annoyance which had so dominated the first decade of the new century ... The initial big political story last Sunday focused on Joe Hockey's two-hour conversation the previous day at the home of the former prime minister John Howard - presumably about the Liberal Party. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The Rudd Government has also continued John Howard's tough line on terrorism ... The other reason is that it taps into the deep-seated fear of foreigners, and in particular the dislike of of Arab-Australians, in the outer suburbs and the bush, which John Howard was brilliant at exploiting ... The typical attack on John Howard also shows the colour of your veins. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
We almost have a John Howard central bank: the former prime minister sought a relaxed and comfortable Australia; this months board minutes show a calm and confident Reserve Bank. Michael Pascoe12. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
The Prime Minister, John Howard, has said he is seeking advice on the case. The controversy has also come at a time when the Melbourne gender dysphoria clinic is under a cloud. (The Age, Australia -- Features)
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Australia could have had a goods and services tax (GST) 20 years sooner, had John Howard had his way ... He may have been stripped to his underwear, but John Howard - or someone looking much like him - made an appearance at Bob Hawke's 80th birthday celebration last night ... He may have been stripped to his underwear, but John Howard - or someone looking much like him - made an appearance at Bob Hawke's 80th birthday celebration last night. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
John Howard is said to have received $400,000 for his memoir. There are autobiographies from Tony Blair and Malcolm Fraser, Christine Wallace's biography of Julia Gillard and an update of Blanche D'Alpuget's biography of her husband, Bob Hawke. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Dr. John Howard has been named director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a position he held previously. Howard will serve dual roles director of NIOSH as well as coordinator of World Trade Center health programs for the U.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Dr. John Howard has been named director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a position he held previously. Courtesy of NIOSH Dr. John Howard. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
The takeover proposition was soundly defeated at a meeting held in February by directors who were incensed that Mansfield had discussed the matter with Prime Minister John Howard without consulting them first. In any case, they deemed it inappropriate for Telstra, which is majority owned by the Federal Government, to control an independent media outlet. (The Age, Australia -- Features)
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