Foil insulation headed for landfill?

Mar 11, 2010 | Media Releases

The Rudd Government has been unable to shed light on basic details of its commitment to remove foil insulation from more than 50,000 homes, Coalition Senators Simon Birmingham and Scott Ryan said today. The failure on detail comes a day after the foil removal, or...

Fewer junior staff getting jobs

Feb 9, 2010 | News Clippings

The federal minister who oversees the public service is concerned it now employs fewer trainees and graduates than when Labor won office. Liberal senator Scott Ryan asked the Government yesterday why it hired fewer junior staff while the bureaucracy was...

The bad news stories buried during the holidays

Feb 2, 2010 | Articles

Spin doctors became infamous when, on September 11, 2001, during the horrific attacks on the World Trade Centre and Pentagon, British Labour staffer Jo Moore send out an email encouraging her press office colleagues to release bad news stories, in the hope that they...

Address to Young Liberal Federal Convention

Jan 30, 2010 | Speeches

(Check against delivery) Thank you for that kind introduction and for the invitation to speak here this afternoon. Firstly, congratulations to Rachel, Michael and the Federal Young Liberal Executive for all their efforts this year. In Opposition new ideas are as...

Menzies: the most important election win in our history

Dec 14, 2009 | Articles

It is often said the Labor Party glorifies its history, even its notable failures – and that is the only explanation that can be given for the glorification of the Whitlam Government, given it was tossed out in the biggest landslide in Australian history after only...

More expensive books are a tragedy for us all

Nov 12, 2009 | Articles

In identifying the most revolutionary discovery or invention in human history we are confronted with a bewildering choice: from fire and the wheel, through to electricity, nuclear fission and the silicon chip. But one stands out. Simple in conception and design, but...