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3 March 2009
The Federal Opposition today called on the Rudd Government to order an immediate investigation by the Commonwealth Auditor-General into the pay fiasco affecting our frontline troops in Afghanistan.
The incompetent Minister for Defenc... Read more
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2 March 2009
Minister for Defence, Joel Fitzgibbon, confessed today that he has no idea about the true extent of the debacle involving the pay of our SAS soldiers in Afghanistan.
His announcement that the Rudd Government has been forced to call in privat... Read more
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27 February 2009
Yesterday in Parliament, Agriculture Minister Tony Burke showed he was incapable of understanding an important recent report on forestry produced by leading CSIRO scientists led by Dr Phil Polglase.
In the report Dr Polglase demonstrated the... Read more
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24 February 2009
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17 February 2009
Brendan Nelson has announced that he will retire from parliament at the next election.
Over six years as a Cabinet minister in the Howard Government, Brendan was responsible for significant reforms in both the education and defence portfolios from w... Read more
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16 February 2009
I today announce changes to the Shadow Ministerial line-up.
The changes include three movements within the Shadow Cabinet, and an additional responsibility for one Shadow Minister and the Senate Opposition Whip.
The Deputy Leader of the Liberal Par... Read more
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12 February 2009
Mr TURNBULL (Wentworth—Leader of the Opposition) (3.11 pm)—I thank the Prime Minister for his remarks and in particular thank the members for Gippsland and Indi for their very moving and compassionate speeches full of compassion and indeed ... Read more
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9 February 2009
It is with a very heavy heart that I rise to support the motion so eloquently moved by the Deputy Prime Minister. We live in a very beautiful country, but surely it has a terrible beauty and we have seen the full terror of that beauty in the last... Read more
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6 February 2009
Kevin Rudd is planning to plunge Australia deep into debt with a poorly considered and ineffective $42 billion "fiscal stimulus" package.
He is proposing to run up $200 billion in debt - $9500 for every man, woman and child ... Read more
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4 February 2009
The Coalition will oppose the Rudd Government’s latest $42 billion expenditure package because it is not a responsible or sustainable way to run the national economy.
We know this decision will not be popular, but it is the right decision.
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