PENSIONERS AND FAMILIES FACING THE LABOR AXEThe Rudd Government is refusing to rule out slashing the entitlements of older Australians and families.Under questioning in Senate Estimates today Senator Nick Sherry,…
SENATE CLERK EXPOSES LABOR’S OUT OF ORDER HOUSEClerk of the Senate, Harry Evans, has confirmed the Coalition’s fears that Labor’s changes to House of Representatives standing orders are shrouded in…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (3.25 p.m.)-I rise to take note of answers by Senators Sherry and Wong on the subject of inflation. In relation to their answers today, I have to…
RUDD MUST CHANGE SUMMIT DATESKevin Rudd’s decision to hold his Australia 2020 summit during Passover is insensitive and discriminates against Australia’s Jewish community.Mr Rudd says he wants to “bring into…
RUDD & FAULKNER FAIL MINISTERIAL STANDARDS On the first day of the new Labor Ministry, Kevin Rudd has already failed his own standards of integrity and accountability. Senator John Faulkner…
Goldstein News – December 2007 No doubt all Liberals will be extremely disappointed, even devastated, following the election result. There has already been an avalanche of analysis of our defeat…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (3.13 p.m.)-It is always very interesting when senators opposite talk about pressures on households. They only ever talk about one side of the household budget. They talk…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (6.24 p.m.)-I rise to speak on the Commonwealth Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007. The bill amends the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 to allow the Australian…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (7.02 p.m.)-Every day we are reminded of the enormous challenges facing the people of Iraq as sectarian militias and al-Qaeda terrorists continue to wage acts of senseless…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (3.09 p.m.)-If you hang around politics long enough you really do see everything-the great centralising party of Gough Whitlam has become federalist. The Australian Labor Party has…