The government will scrap the funding guarantees under Labor's 2011 national health reform deal.
Although the traditional tournament circuit was avowedly amateur, leading players were paid substantial guarantees "under the table" in addition to expenses.
In another sign that the government is trying to squeeze spending across the board, the government decided Friday to freeze subsidies to future renewable energy projects, which had benefited from generous pricing guarantees under the previous Socialist government.
He insisted that due-process guarantees under the U.S. Constitution extended to the base: these included the right to a lawyer, to proper medical care, and to not be held indefinitely without charge.
"Deficiencies in judicial proceedings raise serious concerns about the trials, in particular the routine failure to comply with international fair-trial standards and due-process guarantees under Afghan law," said Georgette Gagnon, who represents the commission in Afghanistan.
Beyond buying troubled assets from banks, Mr. Bernanke said, another option is to provide asset guarantees under which the government would absorb part of the banks' losses in exchange for warrants or other forms of compensation.
