**MEDIA ALERT** **PLEASE NOTE THIS RELEASE SUPERCEDES THE RELEASE DATED 4/12/08 TITLED “GOVERNMENT CAUGHT WITH ITS HAND IN THE TILL”
JOINT PRESS RELEASE FROM SENATOR JOHN WILLIAMS and SENATOR FIONA NASH.
Rural and regional Australia has been sold out with the decision early this morning to al... ...more
“...Nationals again crossed the floor to vote for the interests of the North Coast...”
North Coast Labor Party MPs Justine Elliot and Janelle Saffin need to explain to locals why they voted in Parliament on Thursday to axe the $2.4 billion Communications Fund, set up to future proof telecommunica... ...more
A $2 billion fund specifically set up to enhance telecommunications in rural Australia has won a reprieve in the Senate from the Rudd Government axe, according to NSW Nationals Senator Fiona Nash.
The Government’s Nation-building Funds Bill 2008 was successfully amended by the Opposition today to... ...more
Senator NASH» (New South Wales) (11:55 PM) —I rise tonight because I believe we absolutely should be insisting on these amendments. We stood here in this Senate this afternoon and we agreed to these amendments because they were right, they were proper and they were good for rural and regional Austra... ...more
Senator NASH» (New South Wales) (2:53 PM) —My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. I refer to the minister’s recent reaffirmation of the government’s commitment to deliver a fibre-to-the-node broadband service to 98 per cent of Australian... ...more
Senator NASH» (New South Wales) (4:18 PM) —As deputy chair of the committee, I rise to make some remarks on the interim report of the Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network. I will just make a few brief comments around some of the issues that arose during the course of the inquiry... ...more
A significant focus towards non metropolitan areas is needed if the Rudd Government’s proposed multi-billion dollar National Broadband Network is to deliver a fair deal for country Australians, NSW Nationals Senator, Fiona Nash said today.
Senator Nash’s comments followed the release today of th... ...more