Take Note of Answers – Budget 2012-13

Here we have it again: another year, another increase in borrowings; another year, yet more put on the national credit card. Year after year, in all my time here, we have seen government ministers come in here and make devout promises, putting their hand on the Bible...

Budget Special

Wayne Swan delivered his fifth budget, and again, we are seeing a further increase in debt. Through accounting tricks and shuffling money between months and years, the Treasurer is making a false claim about having turned around his record of debt and deficit. Labor’s...

Countdown to the budget and carbon tax

10 weeks till the carbon tax My colleagues and I have been out and about in the lead up to the federal budget, telling the truth about the Australian economy. I joined Tony Abbott and Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science Sophie Mirabella at the...

Saving jobs in Broadmeadows

Together with Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, Senator Scott Ryan toured Modern Baking Company in Broadmeadows on Wednesday morning, as employees baked Anzac biscuits in time for Anzac Day next week. Senator Scott Ryan, the patron senator for Calwell, held discussions...