Turnbull interview with Deborah Cameron (702 ABC) - Infrastructure, international financial crisis, residential mortgage-backed securities...
The big concern we have with Kevin Rudd’s infrastructure funds is that they will just be used as a slush fund to bail out failing, flailing state Labor governments who have infrastructure problems that they have allowed to accumulate and in many cases where they’ve got infrastructure projects which are being very poorly managed.
Statement by Hon Alan Stockdale - Federal President - Liberal Party of Australia - Queensland Liberal National Party
The Federal Executive of the Liberal Party of Australia today gave final formal approval to the merger of the Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division) and the National Party of Australia-Queensland to form the Liberal National Party of Queensland.
Hunt interview with Steve Price (Radio 2UE) - Purchase of Toorale Station, Murray Darling Basin
Our approach, myself and Malcolm Turnbull, working together, has been to do something very simple. We want to have a rural recovery plan which modernises the farms, not just buys them out.
Turnbull interview with Greg Cary (Radio 4BC Brisbane) - International financial crisis, interest rates, pension, family benefits, obesity...
A lot of these loans went bad, you’ve got a situation in the United States where about 15 or 16 per cent of all housing loans are what are called sub-prime. That’s to say they’re made to people with poor credit histories or poor prospects of repaying the loan. In Australia it’s less than one per cent so that’s one of the reasons we’re very different...
Rudd fails to act on State Labor debt
Despite the State Labor Governments being in power during some of the nation’s most prosperous times, they have gone into debt and failed to properly invest in necessary infrastructure.
Julie Bishop Doorstop - Brisbane - Interest Rates
Wayne Swan must explain to the Australian people why he has given the green light to the banks to retain the benefit of an interest rate cut and not pass it on to the Australian people. We want to ensure that our businesses, our households, remain strong and an interest rate cut is designed to stimulate the economy, not to protect the record profits of our banks.
Turnbull interview with Simon Beaumont (Radio 6PR Perth) - Interest rates, international financial crisis
The banks are big enough to make their own case. All I’m saying is in response to a question, the question that’s asked me; do I believe the banks can afford to pass on the full cut in official interest rates from the Reserve Bank? My answer to that is yes I believe they can afford to do that without impairing their stability or financial security and so forth.
Australian Youth Forum – Labor's first test for youth
Shadow Minister for Youth Sophie Mirabella today wished young Australians attending the National Youth Forum launch in Adelaide an enjoyable and worthwhile experience.
Schools First a welcome new initiative
The Shadow Education Minister Christopher Pyne today welcomed news of the planned $5 million announcement of the National Australia Bank’s new Education program - Schools First.
Freebody appointment doesn’t inspire confidence
Parents expect that by the time their children have finished school and if they go on to higher education, they should be across the basics of grammar, spelling and punctuation.
Morrison: undersupply is key housing affordability challenge
Federal Shadow Minister for Housing and Local Government, Scott Morrison MP, today used an address to a national HIA industry breakfast in Melbourne to nominate closing the ballooning undersupply gap in housing as the key challenge to putting more Australians on the path to home ownership.
Another achievement from Australian special forces in Afghanistan
Australian special forces in Afghanistan have continued with their outstanding contribution in the fight against terrorism by capturing the senior Taliban militant Ahmad Shah following a gun battle in Oruzgan Province.
Rudd has no plan to work with States on health
Kevin Rudd's decision to drop health from today's COAG Agenda shows he has no plan and no commitment to work with the States to fix the health system Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Health Administration Mathias Cormann said in Perth today.
Turnbull interview with Keith Conlon and Tony Pilkington (Radio 5AA, Adelaide) - International financial crisis, interest rates, emissions trading...
Well, I think the banks can afford to pass it all on. I disagree with the Treasurer there. The banks are enjoying record profits. The big banks in particular have seen their market share increase considerably at the expense of the smaller banks and the, you know, non-bank lenders. So, you know, yes, the banks face challenges but I’m quite satisfied they can afford to pass on the entirety of any Reserve Bank cut in official rates.
Internal appointment of Petrol Commissioner a vote of no confidence in the position's future
Minister Chris Bowen today announced that a staff member of the ACCC would be the new Petrol Commissioner.
Haste on emissions carries great risk (Opinion Piece for the Australian Financial Review)
The Garnaut report confirms the imprudence and great risk of the Rudd government's haste in pursuing a 2010 start date for any emissions trading scheme. The report is saying Australia, by itself, can make no impact on global climate change; that climate change is a global problem requiring a global solution. A global agreement is an imperative.
Turnbull Doorstop - Adelaide - Interest rates, emissions trading scheme, Swan short selling announcement, pensions...
My view is that the Australian banks have the capacity, given their profitability, given their size, to pass on in full any official interest rate cut from the Reserve Bank. I’m sorry that Mr Swan seems to be weakening in his resolve on that. Our view is they do have the capacity to pass that on and they should.
Has the Government put people smugglers back in business?
Since there is no suggestion that the crew of two and 12 passengers were fishers, there is a strong chance that people smugglers are fully testing the water in response to the Rudd Government’s recent weakening of border protection rules.
Rudd's unanswered ETS questions create jobs uncertainty
Unanswered questions about job losses continue to plague the resources sector because of the uncertainty surrounding the Rudd Government’s proposed Emissions Trading Scheme.
Peter Dutton Daily Telegraph Blog - Is maternity leave affordable?
Michael you are first up, and you make some good comments. We have a landslide of comments, just reading through them - both for and against, so I will do my best to respond to as many as possible...
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