Computers in Schools fall to bits
Kevin Rudd’s Digital Education Revolution has been exposed as a damp squib by today’s news that the NSW Government has said no to round two of the Computers in Schools program.
Rann dumps on Brumby's pipeline amid interstate water spat
It is the height of hypocrisy for John Brumby to accuse South Australia of not doing enough to save the River Murray today. This is pretty rich coming from the man who led the Labor pack in blocking the Coalition’s $10 billion National Plan for Water Security for 19 months.
Inpex decision welcome news despite Labor's obstruction
Shadow Minister for Energy and Resources Ian Macfarlane has today welcomed Inpex’s decision to build its $20 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Darwin, despite the best efforts of Labor Governments to undermine it.
Government drought on real water reform
In early 2007, the Coalition Government announced the National Plan for Water Security. Kevin Rudd, by contrast, announced a summit. It was real action versus another talk-fest by Mr Rudd. The Labor Party showed no interest in national water reform before our announcement.
Government must appoint an independent terror laws reviewer
The Shadow Attorney-General, Senator George Brandis, today repeated the Opposition’s call for the Rudd Government to support the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill currently before the Senate.
Senate to inquire into Government's shortfall in aged care funding
The Senate has established an inquiry into the adequacy of funding for the aged care sector on the motion of ACT Senator Gary Humphries. The inquiry will investigate funding levels for aged care services, as well as related issues, and is due to report by the first sitting day of April 2009.
Black day for Australia's automotive industry
It is incredible that a Government who pretends to support the Australian car industry would wilfully introduce a tax which advantages European imports over Australian made cars.
A new tax on Western Australia
The tax on condensate, which passed the Senate today, amounts to a ‘drive-by shooting’ on Western Australians who will effectively be bailing out inept state administrations on the eastern seaboard.
Labor's real agenda on infrastructure emerges – no funding for Coalition electorates
The Acting Prime Minister today refused to pull into line a Labor backbencher who told Parliament he believed infrastructure projects in Coalition electorates should no longer be funded.
Dutton Doorstop - Labor's Adjusted Medicare Levy Surcharge Bill
The Government’s position is to force hundreds of thousands of Australians onto the waiting list of public hospitals and to drive up private health insurance premiums, particularly for older Australians and for Australian families, to a point where the public system will be under incredible stress and the private health insurance system in this country will collapse.
Full disclosure on intelligence leak
The fact that a journalist is writing a newspaper article quoting material from sensitive classified briefing papers intended for the Minister for Defence should be of concern to the Rudd Government.
Dutton interview with Rod Tiley (Radio 4BC) - Labor's Adjusted Medicare Levy Surcharge Threshold Bill
We rely on both the private and public system around the country there are around 10.9 million Australians who have got private health hospital cover and if you force a million of those out, it will make the premiums go through the roof for the people who remain there. It will increase the waiting times in the public hospital system.
IMF report endorses strong economic framework
Australians can be encouraged by the positive International Monetary Fund (IMF) report released today, which endorses the strong economic framework built on the back of a decade of economic reform under the Coalition Government.
Southcott interview with Leon Byner (Radio 5AA, Adelaide) - Labor goes soft on the work-shy
Last month you might remember Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard coming out saying they would be quarantining the welfare payments for parents of children who don’t turn up to school. And now what they’re saying is removing this very system for those who do not turn up to work or job interviews. It just doesn’t make sense.
Senator Scott Ryan - First Speech (16 September)
I come to this place in a much stronger Australia and Victoria than that of my childhood. I grew up in Victoria in the 1980s. What confronted my generation was very different from that which faced our parents and which confronts people today. In 1990, one in eight people in Victoria could not find work and tens of thousands had simply given up looking.
Sydney's rental crisis highlights the need for Rudd to reverse anti-rural policies
Many rural and regional areas are suffering population declines and with the right mix of policies would provide an answer to the rental and housing affordability crisis afflicting capital cities around the nation.
Labor treats pensioners with contempt
The Rudd Labor Government used its majority in the House to ensure the Bill was not successfully introduced.
Rudd duplicates global body for $100 million New York stunt
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is putting Australia’s ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at risk, simply so he can further his obsession with becoming an international statesman.
Wayne Swan's ram raid on country workers
The Rudd Government’s last minute amendments to exempt certain Mercedes, Jaguars, Audis and BMWs from its luxury car tax surcharge, but increase the price of Landcruisers and Taragos for families, farm workers, rural doctors and vets, are incredible.
Medicare Levy Surcharge Bill defeated in the Senate
The Senate has voted down the Government's proposed Medicare levy surcharge changes because it would have hurt the most vulnerable in the community, by forcing private health insurance premiums up and blowing out public hospital waiting lists.
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