“Last year, we were subsidising other states by $1.2 billion and this year we are still $1 billion out of pocket”
The boom states of Queensland and Western Australia will lose funding to NSW and Victoria in the latest proposed carve-up of GST revenue. via The Age

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A handful of new studies on performance-pay initiatives have found mixed results on how they affect student achievement.

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Clearwater police and firefighters were at Clearwater Beach late Monday night as a body was pulled from the water. It was not immediately known who the person was, how they ended up in the water or how they died. 

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Stacy Blackman Consulting is proud to be participating in the Beat the GMAT Scholarship for the second year in a row. via Stacy Blackman Consulting

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One other transaction of note today: the Bucs have agreed to terms with LB Leon Joe, a player claimed off waivers by Tampa Bay last preseason before being released at final cuts.
Joe, 26, is a veteran of four NFL seasons and played sparingly in eight games with Buffalo in 2007.
Joe would likely compete for […]

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Lawmakers are considering appealing the ruling to the full 9th Circuit court or to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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