Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Liberal Messages Tuesday 15th July

Labor must retain ABCC
The Rudd Labor Government must not buckle to union pressure and revert to its previous policy of abolishing the Australian Building and Construction Commission.

Police should investigate claims of drugs at Villawood
Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Ellison today called on the Rudd Government to refer claims of drug supply and drug taking at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre to the police.

Secret review of homeland security exposes Labor's policy sham
Labor's promised Department of Homeland Security has been exposed as a sham by the Rudd Government’s refusal to release a review into Australia’s homeland and border protection.

Labor must choose - small business or the unions
The Rudd Labor Government must clarify whether ACTU President Sharon Burrow will have a stronger voice than its 10-member small business advisory group.

Report into the 2006 Black Hawk accident
The Shadow Minister for Defence, Senator Nick Minchin, today welcomed the release of the report of the Black Hawk 221 Board of Inquiry and urged the Government to ensure the recommendations are implemented as soon as possible.

Rudd fudges Murray figures
The Prime Minister has misused the latest CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields report on the Murray River to scare Australian’s into believing our future was all doom and gloom and only Kevin could save us.

Burke denies climate change support to many farmers
In what is becoming a pattern with this government, the minister has again launched a program with much fanfare and self promotion, but when you read the fine print, you learn that there are strings attached that render the promise next to worthless.

Senate inquiry to investigate effects of Medicare surcharge levy changes
The Senate inquiry into the Medicare Levy Surcharge Threshold starts in Perth tomorrow and will visit every capital city. The enquiry will consider the impact the changes will have on public hospitals and private health insurance premium prices.

Labor State Governments letting hospital patients down
Funding for hospital treatment across Australia is set to reduce by a staggering $2.7 billion as a result of federal changes to the Medicare Levy Surcharge.

Schools shun Labor's digital revolution
Schools around Australia have rejected Kevin Rudd’s $1.2 billion promise to put a computer on the desk of every upper secondary school student because they can’t afford to pay all the additional costs.

Carpenter buries Australian export opportunities
West Australian Premier Alan Carpenter is further condemning his state and the nation to lost export opportunities worth tens of billions of dollars because of his petulant refusal to allow uranium mining.

Is Fitzgibbon in favour of the JSF or isn't he?
Shadow Minister for Defence, Senator Nick Minchin, again called on the Defence Minister to release the findings of the Air Combat Capability Review, and to tell the Australian community where he stands on the issue of the Joint Strike Fighter.

Nelson Doorstop - Launceston
Labor needs to pull in stubborn states on uranium
Kevin Rudd's Asia Pacific arrogance exposed
CDEP condemned again - So why is the Rudd Labor Government reinstating it?
Nelson interview with Tony Briscoe & Nelly McKenzie (Macquarie Regional Radio)
Labor must allay fears about jobs
JSF on time and on budget
Minister Bowen's crocodile tears for motorists

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