I rise tonight to speak about a remarkable Australian, Charlie Francis from Forbes. Sadly, Charlie died last month and he is going to be terribly missed by his wonderful sister, Danie, her husband, Bob, and all of his family. Charlie farmed at Forbes and made a huge contribution to regional Australi... ...more
I want to echo the remarks that have been made this evening about the three departing colleagues, whom we are going to miss. I also echo Senator Macdonald in saying that the brevity of my remarks in no way reflects on the expansive comments I would like to make, but I am very conscious that there ar... ...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
NATIONALS senator Fiona Nash has questioned new figures which suggest the Gillard government's Youth Allowance reforms have been a win for country students.
Senator Nash has led a coalition crusade against "unfair" student income support criteria that make it harder for young people from inner regi... ...more
ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS INQUIRY - CARBON CREDITS (CARBON FARMING INITIATIVE) BILL 2011 AND RELATED BILLSOn 25 March 2011 the Senate jointly referred the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011 and the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 and the Carbon Credit... ...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
THERE was a time when sometime farmer and business maverick John Elliott was going to Fosterise the world.
The big blue Australian logo turned up everywhere, from the Melbourne Cup to Monte Carlo.
But has it all come back to bite us on the agricultural backside?
Not only has a demerger of Foster... ...more
FOREIGN investors are circling Australian agribusinesses, just waiting to make their kill, writes KATE DOWLER
Global companies are carving up Australia's agricultural processing and export businesses at an unrelenting gallop.
And some fear consolidations will lead to duopolies, similar to the supe... ...more