Nov 4, 2011 | Newsletters
It seems unbelievable that small business is about to be delivered another blow by the carbon tax – yet the Labor Government just does not care. Last week I visited a family-owned coffee-roasting business that has grown from a handful of employees on one site to now...
Oct 21, 2011 | Newsletters
As always, Senate Estimates hearings this week exposed Labor’s lack of respect for taxpayers – and their inability to manage even basic functions of Government. First, the ongoing waste – it never seems to end. This week, I spoke to Neil Mitchell...
Sep 16, 2011 | Newsletters
The carbon tax legislation has arrived in Parliament. All 1100-plus pages of it. Soure: The Australian, 13.09.11 Last week it was to be 13 individual pieces of legislation, on Monday it was 18 bills, by Thursday it had become 19 bills. The Labor, Greens and...
Aug 19, 2011 | Newsletters
A year since the federal election and the more things change, the more they stay the same. 1. Major victory for patients – Labor backflips on medicines In a major embarrassment, Julia Gillard will soon announce a significant backdown regarding the subsidy of...
Jul 10, 2011 | Newsletters
Earlier today Julia Gillard launched her carbon tax – despite her explicit promise not to do so before the last election. It was immediately clear that this illustrates how Labor cannot be trusted. The real story is in what Julia Gillard didn’t tell...
Jul 7, 2011 | Newsletters
Which member of the Labor frontbench said on 23 April 2003 that: “Another boat on the way, another policy failure”? If you guessed Julia Gillard, then you would be right. A year ago today, Julia Gillard unveiled her ‘East Timor solution’ and...
