The Labor Government has confirmed in Senate Estimates they have turned their backs on volunteers, discontinuing funding that helped volunteers with the costs of fuel consumed in the course of…
Sky News – AM Agenda Kieran Gilbert and the Hon Richard Marles MP 30 May 2011 8:40am E & OE Subjects: Carbon tax, Liberal Party KIERAN…
Goldstein News February-March 2011 Good policy is not just about new taxes A common complaint about politics these days is that both major parties have become bereft of ideas and vision. …
RampUpwww.abc.net.au/RampUpWhy Catherine Deveny should not be a disability ambassador Every once in a while, a government does something that is so unbelievably stupid or offensive that, for a moment, the…
MITCH FIFIELD: Thanks very much Rhonda. There’s a lot of you here today! But I’ve got to say as I look around the room, I don’t see an audience…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria-Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (16:34): I think the subject of the matter of public importance bears repeating: The Gillard government’s decision in this Budget…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria-Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (10:58): I rise to speak on the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment and Prisoner Voting) Bill 2010. This bill seeks to…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria-Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (18:09): I rise to speak on the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Provisional Voting) Bill 2011. The coalition’s key concern when it…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria-Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (13:4 6): I rise to speak on the Human Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2011. This bill continues a program of reform…
Senator Mitch Fifield has today welcomed the passing of legislation in the Senate that allows people with severe disability to maintain their pension when they travel overseas with their family…