Dear Editor,
Just recently the Greens were outed on their real agenda and it doesn’t prioritise the environment.
The revelation came about when the Greens moved a motion to secure the chair’s position for the senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee.&#... ...more
Dear Editor,
The Independent Member for New England, Tony Windsor, will evidently go to any length to save face on an embarrassing policy position that he has taken.
He yet again misleads your readers about youth allowance in the story `Grubby deal overturned: MP’, published in the ... ...more
The Greens today proved they are more interested in pursuing their social agenda than environmental and regional issues, Nationals Senator Fiona Nash said.
The Greens secured the chair’s position of the senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee which was previously held by the... ...more
Nationals Senator Fiona Nash today questioned the logic of an upfront compensation payment for Australians impacted by higher living costs because of the carbon tax.
The carbon tax legislation includes an initial one-off, up-front, lump sum payment before the carbon tax is introduced next Jul... ...more
Independents Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott have bizarrely sung their praises for a government that treated regional students with contempt.
Mr Windsor and Mr Oakeshott also both took credit for the government’s Social Security Amendment (Student Income Support Reforms) Bill 2011 which passed... ...more
City-centric ACTU ignores regional Australia
The ACTU looks to have ignored regional Australia and the carbon tax in its national inquiry on jobs, Nationals Senator, Fiona Nash said.
The union today announced a national jobs inquiry with public hearings to be held in capital ... ...more
Nationals Senator, Fiona Nash, said Murray communities should demand proper consultation on the draft basin plan which is expected to be released next month.
The Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) said it has no plans to hold community consultations similar to those held when the ... ...more
Dear Editor,
The Murray Darling Basin Authority will not commit to holding public meetings to discuss the draft basin plan when it’s released next month.
The MDBA chief executive, Rhondda Dickson, told senate estimates this week that there are no plans to hold community consultations similar to th... ...more
Nationals Senator, Fiona Nash, said it’s disappointing that nothing is being done to determine the likely impact of the carbon tax on regional airlines.
Senator Nash today asked department officials at the Rural Affairs and Transport estimates hearing if they were looking at the likely cumu... ...more
Department officials today confirmed during senate estimates there is still no help for struggling cattle families in meeting their children’s education costs.
The effects of the Labor government’s temporary ban on live cattle exports in June are still being felt by families including those ... ...more