WHERE’S THE URGENT BILL MINISTER?

On Monday the Rudd Labor Minister ‘For Too Many Things’ Julia Gillard said 150,000 students were in limbo because the Coalition wouldn’t pass her Bill in the Senate.  “Where is the Bill Minister?  If Julia Gillard was serious about getting her ‘urgent’ Youth Allowance bill through the Se... ...more

AUSTRALIA AT RISK OF MAD COW BEEF IMPORTS

The Rudd Labor Government is preparing to relax Australia’s strong quarantine rules on 1 March 2010 to allow beef imports from countries known to have had outbreaks of ‘mad cow’ disease. Nationals NSW Senator Fiona Nash said, the Rudd Labor Government wants us all to believe that because there is o... ...more

Second Reading Speech: Fairer Private Health Insurance

I rise to make some comments on the changes the government is proposing to the private health insurance rebates. The chamber would be well aware that after the introduction of Medicare in 1984 membership of private health funds fell. By 1998, only 30.4 per cent of the population was covered by priva... ...more

Adjournment Speech: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

I rise, in following my colleagues, to outline our concerns about the relaxation of the importation of beef from countries that have had BSE or, as people would more commonly know it, mad cow disease.   Firstly, I take exception to Senator Sterle’s comment about the comments coming from this... ...more

Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2009 [No. 2] Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Bill 2009 [No. 2] – Second Reading Speech

Senator Nash (New South Wales) (8:36 PM) —I rise to make some comments on the changes the government is proposing to the private health insurance rebates. The chamber would be well aware that after the introduction of Medicare in 1984 membership of private health funds fell. By 1998, only 30.4 per c... ...more

PRACTICAL FIRST STEP TO FIX NSW PUBLIC HOSPITALS

   The Nationals Liberal Coalition will take practical first steps to fix Labor's public hospital mess across the State and install community hospital boards at each public hospital in New South Wales.  Nationals NSW Senator Fiona Nash said, installing community hospital boards will... ...more

OFFICIALS SAY THEY PAY THE BIG BUCKS BECAUSE BUSINESS WON’T DEAL WITH THEM IF THEY DON’T

The Rudd Labor government is forking out nearly a million dollars a year on a small slice of Sydney CDB commercial real estate, just so officials from Anthony Albanese’s Major Cities Unit can have a workplace with Sydney Harbour views to impress the people they hope to deal with.   Department... ...more

Senate Inquiry Into Property Rights

The farmers went to Canberra on Tuesday and now Canberra will go to the bush giving landholders the chance to speak about the impact of laws on their farms. Senator Fiona Nash, Nationals Senator for NSW and Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate said the Senate’s Finance and Public Administra... ...more

Students Held Hostage By Gillard’s Lack Of Action

      The Rudd Labor Government’s failure to fix the youth allowance mess has left tertiary students facing the academic year with uncertainty.   Senator Fi... ...more

Adjournment Speech, Health

Senator»«NASH» (New South Wales) (7:01 PM) —There is a new day dawning in this country. It is quite exciting watching the sun come up over the far horizon, because with the dawning of that new day we are seeing a realisation among many people right across this country. The realisation that people ar... ...more