3 December 2011 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY 2011 Senator Mitch Fifield today welcomed International Day of People with Disability 2011. International Day of People with Disability is celebrated…
03 December 2011 QUESTIONS REMAIN OVER LABOR’S NDIS COMMITMENT It is encouraging that the Prime Minister has announced the establishment of an agency to design the launch of the National…
5RPH Radio Adelaide Phillip Beddall and Trevor Harrison 30 November 2011 7:30pm E & OE Subjects: National Disability Insurance Scheme, mini-budget, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Disability in Australia Report PHILLIP…
NO MONEY FOR DISABILITY SCHEME IN MINI-BUDGET The Government has failed to include any funding for a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO)…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria-Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (10:26): Mr Deputy President Parry, I know that you are a student of political history and that you would have read…
NATIONAL DISABILITY AWARDS 2011 Senator Mitch Fifield has today congratulated the nine individuals and organisations whose commitment to helping people with disability was honoured at the National Disability Awards, held…
THE HON KEVIN ANDREWS MPShadow Minister for Families, Housing and Human Services SENATOR MITCH FIFIELDShadow Minister for Disabilities, Carers and the Voluntary SectorManager of Opposition Business in the Senate SENATOR…
Sky News – AM Agenda Kieran Gilbert and Andrew Leigh MP 21 November 2011 8:40am E & OE Subjects: Mining tax, Qantas industrial dispute, the Fair…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria-Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (18:03): As I stand here in the chamber tonight and look down at the list of bills being considered together, there…
GOVERNMENT AND GREENS BRING FORWARD GUILLOTINE ON CARBON TAX DEBATE The Government has today indicated that they intend to gag debate on the carbon tax two days earlier…