Mar 2, 2012 | Homepage, Media, Newsletters
The Labor Government barely left one crisis behind before lurching to a new one this week – its latest predicament surrounds a successor for soon-to-be-retired senator Mark Arbib Rather than getting caught up in their spiteful clashes, this week, my Liberal...
Feb 21, 2012 | Homepage, Newsletters
While the Labor Party sank further into the mire, the Coalition was busy holding the Government to account in Senate Estimates. Estimates is an important opportunity to find out exactly how your money is being spent and to ensure that ministers and bureaucrats are...
Feb 7, 2012 | Homepage, Newsletters
The nation’s politicians have made their way back to Canberra for the start of the parliamentary year today. Yesterday, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said that 2012 will be a year-long debate on the Australian economy. Well as Tony Abbott told the Coalition Party...
Jan 13, 2012 | Homepage, Media, Newsletters
Australians could be forgiven for thinking that the new Minister for Small Business Mark Arbib is out of his depth. The ALP “faceless man” was given the ambitious portfolio of Minister for Small Business, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Sport one...
Dec 23, 2011 | Homepage, Media, Newsletters
I’ve served as Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Fair Competition for over a year now. For small businesses, 2011 has been a year where the dark clouds have continued to gather. Indicators do not point to a bright future for this critical sector,...
Nov 30, 2011 | Homepage, Media, Newsletters
2011 began with Julia Gillard’s carbon tax based on a lie and ended with the unsurprising news that the Labor Government has again announced an even bigger deficit. Lies, more debt and higher taxes – the Labor trilogy. Earlier today, Wayne Swan announced...
