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In 2020, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ElStat) started a revision of the national accounts for Greece to bring them into line with the new European System of Accounts. Data from national accounts have gained more relevance as a crucial set of information for policy, especially in the eurozone, since many indicators-like the size of the public deficit relative to GDP-depend on them.
Due to COVID related issues, 2021 was a lean year for DWCA Publications output. Our apologies to all club members for the delays and thank you for your patience! Thankfully we are back on track for 2022 with a whole swag of exciting releases coming your way this year, starting with the long-delayed Data Extract 250-251 double issue. Shipping to all club members in March, it features an exclusive interview with Katy Manning on her long connection to Australia, Pete McTighe takes us behind the scenes on the short films made for the Blu-ray collection releases, a tribute to Louise… Continue reading
The Doctor Who Club of Australia has been quiet for some time due to a number of challenges related to COVID-19, but as the world begins to re-emerge so are we, with exciting plans ahead for 2022. DWCA Day Events for Sydney are back for 2022, with the following dates booked and more details to be announced soon regarding the programs (and special guests!) for these. In the meantime you can add 27 March, 8 May, 21 August, 9 October and 20 November 2022 to your calendar and plan to catch up once again with your fellow Whovians! Continue reading
Zerinza Volume 5 is available now through the DWCA Lulu store for purchase in paperback and hardcover. This volume has articles, interviews, art and stories covering every Doctor in order from one to thirteen, with the War Doctor and Jo Martin’s pre-Doctor as well! The collection includes work by writers Dom Kelly, Tim Darby, Ashley J Tuchin, John J Lodge, Jamie Boyd, Seth Hynes, Richard Lipp, Tony Cooke, Darran Jordan and more. It also features interviews with Ian Cullen (Ixta from The Aztecs), Viktors Ritelis (production assistant on The Crusade and The Daleks’ Master Plan), Alexandra Tynan (designer of the… Continue reading
Hello again. This is a follow-up to my recent post, concerning the online salon hosted by Shaun Shelly and me, tomorrow at 1pm EST. I just wanted to remind anyone interested in attending to please register and get your ticket right away. The $20 cost for the first of our salons will be waived if […] (Read the rest.)
A music video for our song "If I was alone"
This was adapted from an original short film called Aperture - by Raphael Cohen-Demers
The film was released under Creative Commons License - CC-BY
View the original Aperture film here - https://vimeo.com/217413267
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We are about to find out whether we’ll lose a tax break worth up to $1,080 a year.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says he hadn’t “made any final decision” on the A$7.8 billion per year low and middle income tax offset ahead of next month’s budget.
He also says it was never intended to be “a permanent feature of the tax system”, which is true enough.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1966 essay on economic justice calls out issues that linger today and that are linked to Black health and wellness.
A recent article in the New York Times asks whether Modern Money Theory (MMT) can declare victory after its policies were (supposedly) implemented during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The article suggests yes, but for the high inflation it sparked.
A recent tweet from Lauren Hanks reminded me that I have yet to write a recap about a recent upgrade to OU Create. Loving the recent changes to @OU_DigLearn's https://t.co/tdyC2IGXLt! This is now a landing page for both #DoOO and #WPMS, a tried and true pairing for @ReclaimHosting schools. @JohnStewartPhD would love to hear more […]
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Australia’s leading economists have overwhelmingly endorsed a return to the highest immigration intake on record, saying Australia should aim for at least 190,000 migrants per year as it opens its borders, up from the target of 160,000 per year set ahead of COVID.
More than a third of those surveyed believe 190,000 isn’t enough, arguing that a “catch up” will show Australia is open to the world.
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Tracking employment growth is one way to see how the U.S. economy—in particular, the labor market—is performing. An economist outlines why different sources can show different data.
If you told someone a year ago unemployment was about to dive below 5%, to just above 4%, they wouldn’t have believed you.
If that person was an expert, and you said it would happen despite a Delta outbreak and lockdowns in our two biggest states, they might have said you had little idea of how the economy worked.
At the beginning of last year, The Conversation asked 21 of Australia’s leading economists what would happen in 2021 and 2022. At the time, the published unemployment rate was 6.6%.
None of them thought it would slip below 5% in 2021 or 2022.
Asked when the unemployment rate might eventually even touch 5%, none nominated 2021. Only two nominated 2022. The rest picked dates years into the future. Three picked “not for the foreseeable future”.
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This story received a flurry of coverage and then disappeared. Our role here at Defective by Design is to not let these stories go, for the fact that they are forgotten so quickly is how Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) perpetuates itself.
As the current Beijing Winter Games demonstrate, the gap between the Olympic dream and reality has always been huge, with political leaders often either ignoring or seeking to weaponize the event. Rather than seeking to exclude politics, the Olympic authorities should promote the Games' role as an alternative to war.