Senator John Williams & Senator Fiona Nash
The residents of New England have made it loud and clear that their Member Tony Windsor should have acted on independent youth allowance well before now.
The Nationals Duty Senator for New England John Williams and Coalition Regional Edu... ...more
The addition of new Nationals Senator, Bridget McKenzie, is welcome timing for rural Australia, at a time when the Greens will have the balance of power in the senate.
Bridget McKenzie was elected to the senate in last year’s election as a Nationals Senator for Victoria.
She was sworn in... ...more
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
Mr President, the government has introduced four bills to the senate regarding changes to the taxation arrangements of LPG, LNG and CNG. They also clarify how biofuels — ethanol, biodiesel and methanol are treated regarding the tax arrangements.
While I don't support the changes to apply a tax to L... ...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
I rise to make some remarks regarding the Higher Education Support Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2011. As people would be aware, FEE-HELP is available to eligible full fee paying higher education students and VET FEE-HELP is available to eligible full fee paying and certain state government subsidised VET ... ...more