Jun 15, 2012 | Homepage, Media, Media Releases
With only two weeks until the start of the carbon tax, the Gillard Government’s carbon tax cop has written to Hume City Council and Wyndham City Council naming them among Australia’s biggest polluters and telling them to brace themselves for a major carbon tax hit....
Jun 6, 2012 | Homepage, Newsletters
It has taken less than a month and Wayne Swan’s promised surplus is already in trouble. Media reports suggest that the Government is already preparing to dump its surplus commitment in the face of overseas economic trouble. Labor are yet again making excuses. But they...
May 30, 2012 | Homepage, Media, News Clippings
Estimates questions posed by Senator Scott Ryan revealed that the Government’s generous support for the car industry has not been matched with a commitment by Ford and Holden to protect local jobs. Read more in The Australian’s Auto aid free of pledge on...
May 30, 2012 | Homepage, Media, Media Releases
The true value of the Gillard Government’s Small Business Commissioner is in doubt after questioning by Senator Scott Ryan in Senate Estimates revealed that the Commissioner won’t have any powers of its own. Shadow Minister for Small Business Bruce Billson said it...
May 30, 2012 | Homepage, Media, Media Releases
While the Prime Minister is adamant prices will only rise by one per cent under the soon-to-be-introduced carbon tax, ACCC Rod Sims has confirmed no such rule applies. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has repeatedly promised Australian families that prices will not rise...
May 29, 2012 | Homepage, Media, News Clippings
Questions from Senator Scott Ryan in Senate Estimates discovered more about the nature of threats against climate scientists at Canberra’s ANU. Read more in The Australian’s No death threats in emails.