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Fabian pamphlet No.70 2018: Queensland leads from the front on the big issues

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Published
04 September 2018
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Labor
Regional Australia
Economy and Tax
Society and community services

Launched at the 2018 QLD Labor conference, this pamphlet includes contributions from Eva Cox, Claire Moore, Shannon Fentiman, Brendan Crotty, Wayne Swan, Chris Ketter and Shane Bevis on the topics of regional Queensland inequality, economic inequality, access to vocational training, reforming local councils, and making a change on abortion rights.

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