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Senator Joyce's Op Ed published in the Canberra Times 6/6/2013 Politics at the federal level has lost much of its lustre. The Labor Party are screaming at us through the nightly news that they are for the high jump. You can almost tell that they are past caring. They do care about preselec... (06-Jun)
Coalition and public agree – Gillard’s electoral funding is deadLast week I received a lot of calls about the Gillard Government’s proposed electoral funding bill. It was certainly a surprise for the Coalition that this bill was rushed into Parliament and we were only given a couple of hours to revi... (03-Jun)
Written By Mark Coulton MP - This year I have undertaken a tour of the various Progress Associations, Chambers of Commerce and Development Groups throughout the electorate. Whilst I haven’t got to every group yet, I will visit several more over the coming weeks. A chamber of commerce can be an... (24-May)
Written by John Cobb MP - The Coalition’s plan to put more money back into your pocketThe announcement by Tony Abbott during his budget reply speech last week that the Coalition will keep income tax cuts and fortnightly pension and benefit increases without a carbon tax is good news for Calare ... (20-May)
Opinion piece written by Senator Joyce which was published in The Canberra Times on 9 May 2013 - Fred Pascoe's family goes back a fair way in the Gulf, possibly about 40,000 years. His family didn't meet a “whitefella” until 1904. That was his great-great g... (09-May)
Written by John Cobb MP - Australia’s credit rating at risk under Labor Labor can’t be trusted to deliver a responsible budget on 14 May. This is a Labor Government making all sorts of promises ahead of the election that it has no intention whatsoever of honouring. ... (29-Apr)
Opinion piece written by Senator Joyce which was published in The Canberra Times on 18 April 2013 Life in politics is punctuated with major challenges that throw into question the authenticity of your political mettle if you avoid them, but if you accept could cost you your political car... (18-Apr)
OpEd written by Senator Nigel Scullion and published in The Australian 17 April 2013 A recent government report shows that Closing the Gap indicators for indigenous education are going backwards and the results in remote and very remote areas are a disgrace. In 14 of the 20 National Assessment Prog... (17-Apr)
Written by John Cobb MP - Labor’s superannuation taxes attack average Australians Labor’s announcement last week to raid superannuation to plug their budget black hole comes as no surprise but is certainly disappointing. After promising never to tax super payments for the over ... (08-Apr)
OpEd written Senator Barnaby Joyce and published in the Canberra Times 4/4/2013 - I always believed a net debt figure that assumed using public servants’ superannuation savings to pay off public debt was an absurdity. Well, now the Labor-Green-independent alliance is proposing that super... (04-Apr)
