Australia’s grain industry is now sadly at risk of being dominated by foreign interests, the Nationals Senator for NSW, Fiona Nash, said.
The sale of the former AWB grains marketing business to US-based Cargill has been finalised, despite lobbying efforts against it by NSW growers and the Nationals... ...more
Labor’s federal budget fails to give regional education the attention it deserves.
“That’s the message loud and clear from education stakeholders who are disappointed that nothing is being done to address the inequity in education in remote, rural and regional Australia,” the Coalition’s Reg... ...more
T R A N S C R I P T
11 May 2011
TRANSCRIPT OF SENATOR FIONA NASH,
INTERVIEW WITH LYNDAL CURTIS,
ABC NEWS 24, CANBERRA
Subjects: Julia Gillard’s carbon tax; Budget 2011.
E&OE………………………………………………………………………………
Lyndal Curtis: Welcome t... ...more
Subjects: Senate Presidency, Australian Greens
FIONA NASH:
Day two in the Senate and we are already seeing Bob Brown getting too big for his green boots. Yesterday in the Senate we saw him put Scott Ludlam forward for president of the Senate. We then saw Bob Brown put Scott Ludlam forward for depu... ...more
The Coalition’s Regional Education spokesperson, Senator Fiona Nash, said the Gillard government would be foolish to make changes to youth allowance in the federal budget.
Tighter control of welfare payments including youth allowance have been reportedly flagged in the budget when it’s handed down ... ...more
Nationals Senator, Fiona Nash, said the Government has abandoned Australia’s grain growers by the Treasurer’s apparent tick-off of the Cargill bid to buy the former AWB grain commodity business.
Cargill, a US-based company, says it’s been informed by the Foreign Investment Review Board that t... ...more
Nationals Senator, Fiona Nash, said the federal Treasurer must act in the national interest by rejecting a multi-national’s takeover of AWB’s commodities marketing operation.
The US-based company, Cargill, announced its plans to buy AWB’s grain commodities business from Agrium last December. It ... ...more
Independent MP, Rob Oakeshott, appears to be refusing an offer to debate the best way regional students can access independent youth allowance.
The Coalition’s Regional Education spokesperson, Senator Fiona Nash, issued the challenge to Mr Oakeshott earlier this month. But his letter of response d... ...more