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Michael O’Brien’s chief of staff is leaving his job by mutual agreement following an internal review of the Opposition Leader’s office in the lead up to the November 2022 state election.
In an email to colleagues on Friday, Mr O’Brien confirmed Brett Hogan had been appointed to a new policy role within the Victorian Liberal Party.
Victorian Liberal leader Michael O’Brien his removed his chief of staff Brett Hogan from the role.
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In his new role Mr Hogan will work on the party’s policy platform and help prepare the opposition for office, should the Coalition win the state election.
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Australian Fuel Security Undermined by ‘She’ll Be Right’ Attitude
Experts are warning that Australia’s pursuit of efficiency coupled with a “she’ll be right” attitude has put the country’s fuel supply in danger. Many are also concerned that the federal government’s recent efforts to address the problem are not enough to eliminate any vulnerabilities.
The comments come as the Australian Parliament looks set to pass the Fuel Security Bill 2021, which will compel the oil industry to maintain stock levels above a certain threshold and solidify a government pledge to subsidise local refining operations.
Anthony Richardson, a research fellow at the Future Social Service Institute at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, said Australian supply chains had been too focused on keeping costs low, which has eroded the resilience of the system.
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Australia Looking Towards an Older, Smaller, More Indebted Population
Australia’s projected population growth has taken a battering from COVID-19, which will see migration slow and future economic growth struggle.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down the 2021 Intergenerational Report (IR) on June 28 as the subject of his address to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA).
The IGR reports, which former Liberal Treasurer Peter Costello first introduced in 2002, provides a 40-year outlook on the country’s economy and its impact on the budget.
The report found that Australia’s population would reach 38.8 million by 2060-61, in contrast to earlier predictions according to the last report in 2015 that Australia’s population would reach 40 million by 2054-55.