Andrew Trounson
Article from: The Australian
FEDERAL Education Minister Julia Gillard has caved in to pressure and delayed changes to the youth allowance that would have caught out students now working a gap year, but about 61,000 of those on support and working par... ...more
Glenn Milne
Article from: The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25970687-33435,00.html
QUEENSLAND, as they once used to say somewhat disparagingly, is different. Well here's some mail: politically at least, that remains the case. And in ways that may well shap... ...more
The Federal Council of the National Party adopted a new policy platform at its meeting in Canberra from August 21-23. The Nationals is the party for regional Australia and we stand for all regional Australians. We believe the future of regional Australia is critical to the future of our nation.
Our... ...more
Regional students working during their Gap Year to earn enough to qualify for Independent Youth Allowance continue to be ignored by the Rudd Labor Government and regional Labor MPs, said Senator Fiona Nash, NSW Senator and Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate.
“The Labor Government’s gag t... ...more
While ever there is a negative impact on regional communities from an ETS I will not support it, not now, not ever, said Senator Fiona Nash, NSW Senator and Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate. “Voting against the Rudd Labor Government’s ETS was the only option today and will be the only co... ...more
The heart will be ripped out of regional Australia by the Rudd Labor Government’s Emissions Trading Scheme and I will not be voting for it, said Senator Fiona Nash, NSW Senator and Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate. “A link between the ETS and supporting a cleaner, healthier future for th... ...more
North Coast Nationals Senator Fiona Nash has used a speech in the Senate today to slam the Rudd Labor Government’s failure to fix local hospitals by mid 2009.
Senator Nash reminded Parliament that Richmond Labor MP Justine Elliot had run front page advertisements prior to the November 2007 Federal ... ...more
Senator NASH» (New South Wales) (7:06 PM) —I rise tonight to make some remarks about the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme bills that we have before us. When I came into this place as a Nationals senator my focus was, and still remains, entirely on regional Australia and on making the best decisions... ...more
Tuesday June 23 marks the first anniversary of the end of the single desk wheat exporting marketing system and the first troubled year for growers under the new arrangements, said Senator Fiona Nash, Senator for NSW and Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate.
Tuesday June 23 marks the first a... ...more
North Coast Nationals Senator Fiona Nash has used a speech in the Senate today to slam the Rudd Labor Government’s failure to fix local hospitals by mid 2009.
Senator Nash reminded Parliament that Richmond Labor MP Justine Elliot had run front page advertisements prior to the November 2007 Federal ... ...more