via dailytelegraph.com.au FAMILY grief, major illness and a broken leg led to some state MPs missing more than a quarter of parliament’s sitting days this year. With [...more]

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via theage.com.au Julia Gillard had an anniversary this week. Last Wednesday marked 15 months since, after an excruciating 17 days of negotiations with cross bench MPs, she [...more]

via fbeu.net http://fbeu.net/2011/12/sitrep-no-472011/ Inside this issue: Attendance Management Policy (AMP) interviews Union medal now on issue 2012 Membership cards and [...more]