Oct 16, 2012 | Homepage, Media, News Clippings
To read the original article click here. Judith Ireland A man who gatecrashed a Prime Ministerial press conference deep in the halls of Parliament House was already known to parliamentary security, a Senate Estimates hearing has been told. The man – who got within...
Oct 15, 2012 | Homepage, Media, Media Releases
The Secretary of the Department of Parliamentary Services has confirmed it was “human error” that saw a major security breach at Parliament House and pose a potential threat to the Prime Minister. Appearing before the Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee...
Oct 9, 2012 | Homepage, Media, Transcripts
Topic: Peter Slipper’s suitability as Speaker of the House of Representatives Lyndal Curtis: Hello and welcome to Capital Hill, I’m Lyndal Curtis. Just one vote is all it took for the Government to save its Speaker today. Tony Abbott, the Opposition Leader,...
Sep 18, 2012 | Articles, Homepage, Media
Senator Scott Ryan writes that government imposed congestion charges are just an attempt by lawmakers to create a market where one does not exist. Read more in his article Congestion charge equals just more regulation.
Sep 17, 2012 | Homepage, Media, Transcripts
Topics: Opinion polls, same-sex marriage, GST Lyndal Curtis: Hello and welcome to Capital Hill, I’m Lyndal Curtis. The impact of opinion polls on politics and whether it should be so is a much discussed topic. Today, you couldn’t get away from the opinion polls. There...
Sep 13, 2012 | Homepage, Media, Transcripts
Topics: state government job cuts, mining tax, supertrawler, asylum seekers, Tony Abbott, Kevin Rudd, foreign investment David Speers: Welcome to the program. Cutting budgets is never easy, whether you’re in business or politics. This week we saw Campbell Newman in...