Taxation
Senator Scott Ryan Speaking about Taxation; Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Questions Without Notice: Answers To Questions
Senator Scott Ryan Speaking about the Stimulus; Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Minister Must Come Clean
The Minister for Employment Participation and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery, Senator Arbib, today failed to put to bed serious questions about preferential funding of Labor-held electorates.
Stimulus money ‘favours Labor’
New evidence has emerged that the Government’s stimulus-package spending is heavily weighted towards Labor marginal seats.
Stimulus sums aren’t adding up
The developing trouble with the Government’s economic stimulus package is it’s pulling in two different directions at once.
Stimulus bias sign of times
The developing trouble with the government’s economic stimulus package is that it is now pulling in two different directions at once; one economic, the other political.
Kiwis score bonus
New Zealanders and other foreigners are using the First Home Owner Grant scheme to buy holiday homes in Australia, the Federal Government concedes.
He’s our populist PM – Rudd taps into celebrity power
TV stardom, celebrity gossip and getting friendly with Hollywood greats.
Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities, and Other Measures) Bill 2009
Senator Scott Ryan Speaking about the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities, and Other Measures) Bill 2009; Monday, 17 August 2009
Labor failing on Health
First, Labor fiddled with the Medicare levy surcharge last year; second, it failed to “fix hospitals” by its own June deadline and now it is moving to slash the Private Health Insurance Rebate.