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Senator Senator Fiona Nash and Senator Brett Mason - The very limited amount of time given to universities in Senate Estimates is furthe... (15-Feb)
Senator Barnaby Joyce - The Murray-Darling Basin Authority is relying on out of date data for its recommendations to take 2,750 gigalitres from productive use in the Murray-Darling Basin, said Senator Barnaby Joyce today. “We are borrowing billions from overseas to buy water, which could put towns... (14-Feb)
John Forrest MP - State President of The Nationals, Mr Peter Schwarz today announced The Nationals Scholarship for Young Leaders will run again in 2012. The scholarship will assist students from rural and regional Victoria in their chosen tertiary pathway. “The Nationals are committed to ens... (13-Feb)
Ken O’Dowd MP - Federal Member for FLYNN, Mr Ken O’Dowd today called for the Gladstone and surrounding community to nominate local small and medium businesses for the 2012 Telstra Australian Business Awards. Businesses can now submit entries for the 20th year of Australia’s most ... (13-Feb)
John Cobb MP - “AUSTRALIA’S border protection regime will be gutted under a Gillard government move to shed principal scientists from the Department of Agriculture,” Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Security John Cobb warned today. “I can see Labor’s logic, if you are ignoring your scienti... (13-Feb)
The Gillard Government’s relentless attack on ordinary Australians is moving into healthcare this week, with debate set to rage over Labor’s plans to means test the 30 per cent private health insurance rebate. This decision will have frightening consequences on the provision of healthcare right acro... (13-Feb)
Mark Coulton MP - The extent of flood damage to the Moree community was brought home to the Prime Minister during her visit to the area over the weekend, Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton said. Ms Gillard was in Moree to assess the flood damage and meet with members of the local community, lo... (13-Feb)
Senator Fiona Nash - The Coalition’s Regional Education spokesperson, Senator Fiona Nash, said the cancellation of a long-standing, renowned agriculture course at Hawkesbury reinforces the urgent need for government action in addressing the shortage of graduates and skills in the sector. The... (13-Feb)
Warren Truss MP - Leader of The Nationals Warren Truss has described Labor’s beefed-up rhetoric to divide Australians over means-testing the private health insurance rebate scheme as ‘desperate and disturbing’. “This is a Prime Minister lashing out at hard working Australian families and clawing f... (13-Feb)
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)