The Labor government must release the full detail of youth allowance payments after its repeated claim that regional students are now better off.
The Minister for Tertiary Education states recent figures show there was a 10 per cent increase in regional and remote students attending univer... ...more
The Nationals have set their agenda for Regional Education, at its annual Federal Council at the weekend.
A series of motions, mostly moved by Nationals Senator and Coalition Regional Education spokesperson Fiona Nash, were passed.
“Importantly, there was strong support for a Terti... ...more
The Greens should revisit its childcare policy after this week voting with Labor to freeze indexation on the child care rebate and substantially reducing it.
The Greens supported the Gillard Government’s Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget Measures) Bill 2010 in the ... ...more
Dear Editor,
A week ago I issued a challenge to the Labor Members for Richmond and Page to debate the carbon tax in their electorates.
A year ago Prime Minister Gillard pledged to the Australian people that there would be no carbon tax under the government she’d lead and then went back on her... ...more
The Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans, can make the work rule fair for regional students trying to access independent youth allowance with the stroke of a pen.
The Coalition’s Regional Education spokesperson, Senator Nash, said some of the work requirements for students to pro... ...more
Schools hopeful of any compensation for added costs from the carbon tax can forget it according to the Tertiary Education Minister.
Schools in NSW alone reportedly face a $200 million a year rise in power bills under the Labor-Greens planned carbon tax. (Source: Daily Telegraph, 18 July 2011)
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Dear Editor,
The Labor Member for Page, Janelle Saffin, is in complete denial over the impact the government’s carbon tax will have on industry in her electorate.
Recently I listed impacts the carbon tax will have on the north coast, including an additional $250,000 in power costs in the first yea... ...more
Nationals Senator Fiona Nash accused the Labor-Greens government of being too gutless to attend today’s Convoy of No Confidence rally and hear voters’ concerns first hand.
“The very fact that hundreds of people travelled from across Australia, from as far north as the Northern Territory, sh... ...more
Labor’s contradiction over the Henbury Conservation Project is another example showing that the government is incapable of executing complex policy like the Carbon Farming Initiative, Nationals Senator Fiona Nash said.
The government last month co-funded the $13 million purchase of Henbury... ...more
Nationals Senator Fiona Nash has challenged the Labor members on the NSW North Coast to a debate on the carbon tax, marking the one year anniversary since the Prime Minister pledged a carbon tax would never happen.
It was a year ago today when Prime Minister Gillard said there would be no carbon t... ...more