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Luke Hartsuyker MP - Families with private health insurance will pay higher premiums and overstretched public hospitals will be under more pressure if Rob Oakeshott supports the Gillard Government’s plan to means test the private health insurance rebate, Federal MP Luke Hartsuyker said today... (10-Feb)
Senator Bridget McKenzie - The Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie has expressed ‘cautious optimism’ following news farmers stung by the Farm Exit Grant suspension will be considered for Federal Government payments. A Coalition motion to provide Act of Grace payments to farmers t... (10-Feb)
Senator Bridget McKenzie - On the dawn of the Mildura public forum and with just 65 days remaining in the consultation period, The Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie implored Victorians to have their say on the Murray Darling Basin Plan. “No one understands the importanc... (10-Feb)
Senator Barnaby Joyce and Senator Bridget McKenzie- The Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s approach to consultation is a rolling sham said Senators Barnaby Joyce and Bridget McKenzie today. “The whole process smacks of a conspiracy against consultation. The MDBA appears to have no int... (10-Feb)
Warren Truss MP - “LABOR’S means-testing of the private health insurance rebate is mean and extremely short-sighted,” Leader of The Nationals Warren Truss warned today, lambasting federal Independent MPs Rob Oakeshott and Andrew Wilkie for selling out their communities. “Messrs Oakeshott and... (10-Feb)
Luke Hartsuyker MP - Labor Senator Matt Thistlethwaite has shown how out of touch he is with North Coast workers, pensioners and small business, Federal Member for Cowper Luke Hartsuyker said today. Mr Hartsuyker was commenting on Senator Thistlethwaite’s rejection of claims about the full im... (09-Feb)
Warren Truss MP - “THE world’s biggest economies are refusing to pay carbon levies imposed on their airlines by Europe, while the inaction of the Gillard government will see Australian airlines cop the full costs,” Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport W... (08-Feb)
Senator Bridget McKenzie - The Gillard Government’s failure to address a production gap in its contracts with Thales has delivered a jobs blow to Bendigo, The Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie said today. “The Bendigo community was assured the Gillard Government would work with... (08-Feb)
John Cobb MP - Agriculture is being abandoned by the Gillard Labor/Green Government, with their Agricultural Department’s new mission completely dismissing agriculture, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Security John Cobb said. The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries... (07-Feb)
Senator Fiona Nash - Nationals Senator Fiona Nash questioned Labor’s commitment to agriculture, with a track record of neglecting the sector. “Just this morning is the latest example with the Treasurer, Wayne Swan, not even mentioning agriculture as among those industries significant to the ... (07-Feb)