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 | Wed, 20th August 2008Minchin deplores French casualties in AfghanistanThe Opposition deplored the serious casualties suffered by French forces in Afghanistan yesterday, but the fight against Islamic extremism must continue, the Shadow Minister for Defence, Senator Nick Minchin said today. |
 | Wed, 20th August 2008Conroy wins gold for Wimax back-flipThe enthusiastic embrace by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy of the innovative wireless broadband network on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula would win him an Olympic gold medal for biggest back-flip. |
 | Wed, 20th August 2008More contradictions from Labor on UraniumThe Rudd Labor Government has today been caught out with its claim that Australia only exports uranium to those countries that need to use nuclear energy because of a shortage in their own energy resources, Shadow Minister for Trade Ian Macfarlane and Shadow Minister for Resources and Energy Senator David Johnston said. |
 | Tue, 19th August 2008Nelson - opening remarks at the Alcohol Forum (Canberra)My natural disposition, as is ours as an Opposition, as the Liberal and National parties, is to reasonably support anything that we think is going to reduce the human and social harm associated with the use of drugs and certainly the abuse of alcohol. But having examined the evidence which led to this particular Budget initiative we have made a decision that we will not be supporting it - the excise increase that will raise around $3 billion over the next five years. |
 | Tue, 19th August 2008Minchin commends Australian Special Forces"With IEDs and suicide bombers being such a major threat in Afghanistan, the killing of Mullah Akhtar Mohammed makes Oruzgan a safer place for both Australian troops and the civilian population," Senator Minchin said. |
 | Tue, 19th August 2008Labor continues to meddle with welfare to workAfter relaxing several of the successful reforms implemented under the Coalition, including the scrapping of face to face interviews between Centrelink and job seekers, a Rudd Government commissioned Participation Taskforce Report suggests that Labor has now decided to get tough with seniors. |
 | Tue, 19th August 2008Hunt Doorstop - Adelaide Airport (15 August) - Government inaction on the Murray Lower Lakes, Wellington Weir works, possible breach of the EPBCWe need a package for the environment and what is missing is money to bring forward water savings for farmers and for irrigators which they can share with the environment. Money for pipes. Money for covering channels. Money for lining dams. That money is in the system but it hasn’t been allocated. The farmers are missing out. The environment is missing out and the lakes are missing out. So bring forward the money for fixing up farm irrigation. That’s the missing part of the package. |
 | Tue, 19th August 2008Hunt interview with David Bevan (ABC Radio, Adelaide, 15 August) - Government inaction on the Murray Lower Lakes...we will fight to keep these lakes alive, to keep them as one of the great international wetlands. I think that sense of leadership is missing and I know that people in the lakes area want a simple statement: We will fight to everything to keep the lakes alive. |
 | Mon, 18th August 2008Julie Bishop Fairfax Blog - WA early election and fixed termsIn one of the more cynical acts in Australian political history, Premier Alan Carpenter called the election six months early in an attempt to hold the vote before the public release of findings of an investigation by the WA Corruption and Crime Commission into the conduct of Labor Ministers, particularly their involvement with Brian Burke. |
 | Mon, 18th August 2008Kevin's computer con: no computers until next yearStudents will be waiting for their promised laptops until well into next year while the states and Commonwealth squabble over who should pay for all the additional costs to make them work. |
 | Mon, 18th August 2008FuelWatch: Swan's latest deceptionMr Swan’s claims that FuelWatch will save motorists $10 a tank is another part of the Government’s deception. If Mr Swan believes that FuelWatch will save motorists this much, he should show us the evidence. |
 | Mon, 18th August 2008Coalition commemorates Vietnam Veterans DayShadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Bronwyn Bishop has paid tribute to those courageous Australians who fought under the Australian Flag during the Vietnam War and she has encouraged all Australians to take a moment to remember those who served. |
 | Sun, 17th August 2008Tony Smith - Class struggle marches on (Opinion Piece for The Sun Herald)Just nine months on, not only are these policies failing in their implementation, but they're chewing up billions of dollars of public funding while other issues that need to be addressed in education go unnoticed. |
| Fri, 15th August 2008Nelson interview with Kieran Gilbert (Sky News Agenda Program) - Bracks Review, luxury car tax, interest rates, overseas visit, land 121, transport...Well we strongly support that recommendation. As difficult as it can be in certain sectors of the economy including the automotive sector, reducing tariffs actually makes Australia more competitive, it gives us better quality, more affordable cars. And one of the reasons why the Australian economy has been so resilient in the last decade or so is because these are the decisions that we have taken. |
 | Fri, 15th August 2008Malcolm Turnbull: Address to the Property Council of Australia - A Vision for Tax ReformTax Reform - Stamp Duty on Conveyancing - Green Buildings - The Australian Economy - Swan, Rudd and Paulson - Labor's New Protectionism |
 | Fri, 15th August 2008Record private health insurance numbersFigures released today by the Private Health Insurance Administration Council (PHIAC) show that a record 10.9 million Australians held private health insurance membership at the end of June 2008. |
 | Fri, 15th August 2008Government squibs it on car reviewAfter promising Australia's automotive manufacturing industry the world, the Government has squibbed it with today's release of the Bracks' Report. |
| Fri, 15th August 2008Rudd tying himself in knots over trade policyThe current chaotic approach to foreign affairs and trade policy must stop if our exporters and trading partners are to have any confidence and certainty. |
 | Thu, 14th August 2008Northern Australia - land of opportunity but...The enthusiasm, innovation and commitment of Northerners continues to be frustrated by Government inaction particularly the State Government. |
 | Thu, 14th August 2008Why is Labor stumbling with the basics?The Rudd Labor Government had bled funding away from the Emergency Response in the Budget, and was bending to pressures from the Northern Territory Labor Government not to monitor the cost shifting and exploitation of indigenous workers. |
