A review into independent youth allowance as part of student income support reforms is due to report today.
The review was brought forward 12 months by the Gillard government to secure the support of Independent MPs in blocking a Coalition bill to fix independent youth allowance earlier this yea... ...more
The federal Coalition’s Regional Education spokesperson, Senator Fiona Nash, says Cooma vet student, Bronte Doughton, is an inspiration to other rural students as to what they can achieve.
The 19-year-old student is one of four students from Australia and one of the 20 students worldwide... ...more
The Labor-Greens government must explain how it can adequately compensate families from increased costs when the carbon tax moves to an emissions trading scheme.
If based on the recommended starting price of $26 a tonne, a carbon tax will slug Australian families with higher power bills of ... ...more
The Labor government’s continuing debt binge will have ramifications for regional Australia.
The government is seeking to further increase its borrowings from $200 billion to $250 billion.
Senator Nash said the government’s being deceitful in the way it has sought to do this.
“The government has ... ...more
Dear Editor,
Your readers could have had a say on whether they wanted a carbon tax.
The Coalition presented a bill for there to be a plebiscite but it was quickly killed off in parliament. A plebiscite is a direct vote on an important public question, in this case, do Australian people support a c... ...more
Labor and the Independents refuse to acknowledge the many regional students who are in limbo and waiting for something to be done to fix independent youth allowance.
The Gillard government and the Independents apparently believe it’s best to make students wait until next year after once again bl... ...more
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations officials have confirmed what the Coalition suspected - that not all `inner’ regional students receiving youth allowance would be getting the full amount.
The government claims the number of `inner’ regional students receiving youth allowa... ...more
T R A N S C R I P T
24 May 2011
TRANSCRIPT OF SENATOR FIONA NASH INTERVIEW AND CRAIG THOMPSON WITH ASHLEIGH GILLON,
LUNCHTIME AGENDA, SKY NEWS
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Subjects: Death in Afghanistan; Julia Gillard’s c... ...more
The Labor government wants parliament to vote on a carbon farming scheme despite the details being far from finalised.
Senator for NSW and member of the senate Rural Affairs and Transport Committee, Fiona Nash, questioned department officials on the Carbon Farming Initiative during senate estimate... ...more
Prime Minister Gillard and the Tertiary Education Minister Chris Evans today trumpeted the success of its reforms to youth allowance while conveniently ignoring the fact that its changes are denying thousands of regional students a tertiary education.
“Prime Minister Gillard, when education minist... ...more