Senator FIFIELD (Victoria-Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) -I rise to speak on the Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill 2010. This is the seventh financial framework legislation amendment bill…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) -The Corporations Amendment (Sons of Gwalia) Bill 2010 will amend the Corporations Act 2001 to reverse the effect of the High Court’s decision in Sons of Gwalia…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria-Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) -The Tax Laws Amendment (Confidentiality of Taxpayer Information) Bill 2010 seeks to improve and consolidate the secrecy and disclosure provisions applying…
Doorstop Interview With the Hon Kevin Andrews MP Senate Courtyard, Canberra 25 November 2010 1:30pm E & OE Subjects: Catherine Deveny, Special Disability Trusts, Disability Support Pension MITCH FIFIELD: Today…
25 November 2010 GOVERNMENT TURNS ITS BACK ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY The Government has put the needs of people with disability and their carers on the backburner today by removing…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria-Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) -I have to admit that I never bought the new paradigm. I always suspected that this parliament would resemble far, far…
24 November 2010 GOVERNMENT STUFFS UP IN THE SENATE The Government tonight failed in a last-minute attempt to patch up their mismanaged legislative program. “A lack of procedural knowledge has…
24 November 2010 COALITION TO MOVE COMMON-SENSE AMENDMENTS TO HELP PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY Shadow Minister for Disabilities, Carers and the Voluntary Sector, Senator Mitch Fifield, today announced that the…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria-Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) – As it is the third anniversary of the election of the Labor government, I think we are all entitled to…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria-Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) -The motion which Senator Ludwig sought to move is entirely predictable. We could have predicted at the start of the year,…