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Entries for February 2008
29 February 2008
If new Governments have a honeymoon period when they are given the benefit of every doubt, then it must be true that old Governments, or should I say former Governments, go through a period of purgatory in which nothing good will be said of them, lea... Read more
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29 February 2008
Speaking to the Monash Club in Melbourne tonight, Malcolm Turnbull carefully demolished Wayne Swan and Kevin Rudd's efforts to misrepresent the economic achievements of the Howard Government.
"If new Governments have a honeymoon period... Read more
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23 February 2008
Source: Parliament House
TURNBULL, Hon. Malcolm, Wentworth29.01 am Turnbull, Malcolm,
Mr TURNBULL (Wentworth) (9.01 am)—I rise this morning to talk about important election commitments I secured from the former coalition gov... Read more
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23 February 2008
Source: Parliament House
Mr TURNBULL (Wentworth) (9.01 am)—I rise this morning to talk about important election commitments I secured from the former coalition government for my own electorate of Wentworth. The first was a $110,000 commitment... Read more
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23 February 2008
Mr TURNBULL (Wentworth) (5.47 p.m.)—Last week this parliament said what was true and did what was just. When we seek to reconcile ourselves with those to whom great wrongs have been done, we must first tell the truth. We must first acknowledge what w... Read more
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19 February 2008
The Treasurer in Question Time today showed himself to be ignorant of a basic economic concept relating to inflation and unemployment.
There are no matters of greater importance to Australian families than the cost of living and jobs.
Yet when as... Read more
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12 February 2008
Today's Reserve Bank Statement on Monetary policy underlines the urgent need for the Rudd Government to guarantee that its new industrial relations regime will not fuel inflationary pressures.
The Statement notes "....labour market conditions are ti... Read more
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7 February 2008
YESTERDAY'S interest rate rise came as no surprise to our new Treasurer. He and the Prime Minister have been talking up inflation and talking down the economy as though they wanted to make that rise, already likely, a certainty.
Does Wayne Swan seri... Read more
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