SPEECH – MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – ECONOMY
Monday, 02 December 2019
If you ever want an example of this third-term seven-year government not having an economic plan, you just saw it. They just spent 10 minutes of the minister’s contribution talking about Labor, completely and utterly unable to talk about the things that they should be doing. And as the shadow Treasurer pointed out, this third-term
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LABOR BACKS JOBS IN SUPER YACHT INDUSTRY
Monday, 02 December 2019
Labor is backing the thousands of Australians who work in the super yacht industry by today supporting the Special Recreational Vessels Bill 2019. Tourism is at the heart of our economy driving good jobs, new infrastructure investment and increasing quality of life, particularly in regional communities. The Bill will enable international super yachts to be offered
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LABOR WELCOMES JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT INQUIRY INTO REGIONAL RORTS
Monday, 02 December 2019
Labor welcomes the Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audit’s inquiry into the Coalition’s Regional Jobs and Investment Packages. Shadow Minister Catherine King wrote to the Chair of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit requesting the inquiry just days after the report’s Melbourne Cup-timed release. “Labor welcomes the action by the Audit Committee
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JK MCDOUGALL LECTURE
Saturday, 30 November 2019
***CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY*** Acknowledgements omitted Thank you for the invitation to deliver the seventeenth JK McDougall Lecture. It is an honour to join the long list of distinguished speakers who have delivered this lecture in honour of the Ararat branch’s first President and Secretary John Keith McDougall. JK McDougall of course was very much a
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO RAIL, TRAM AND BUS UNION NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
***CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY*** Good morning and thank you for the invitation to join you here today. I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land upon which we meet, and pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging. I know Anthony is speaking at the dinner tonight. His passion for our nation’s
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STILL NOT A CENT FOR THE NT FROM MORRISON’S INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE
Friday, 22 November 2019
Scott Morrison has this week announced infrastructure funding for all mainland states – leaving the Territory out in the cold. Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Catherine King said the ad-hoc announcements across the country showed Scott Morrison was under pressure to be seen to be doing something. “These ad-hoc infrastructure announcements are
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TRANSCRIPT – TELEVISION INTERVIEW – SKY NEWS
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
E&OE TRANSCRIPTTELEVISION INTERVIEWSKY NEWS NEWSDAYWEDNESDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2019 SUBJECT: Morrison’s infrastructure announcement, economy, stimulus, Newstart. TOM CONNELL: For more on the Government’s announcement today, joining me is Catherine King, the Shadow Infrastructure and Transport Minister. Catherine King, thanks very much for your time. I note the Queensland Labor Government seem pretty happy with this announcement
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO AUSTRALIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION’S NATIONAL ROADS AND TRANSPORT CONFERENCE
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Check against delivery Good morning and it’s a pleasure to join you here today. I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land upon which we meet, and I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging. To President David O’Loughlin and to Adrian and the team at ALGA, thank you for
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SCOTT MORRISON’S CRUEL CUTS TO CAIRNS HOSPITAL
Friday, 28 September 2018
Scott Morrison’s hospital cuts will hit Cairns hard, leaving local residents facing longer wait times for elective surgery and emergency treatment. The Liberals have slashed more than $7 million in funding from Cairns Hospital – one of the deepest cuts from any hospital in Queensland – and the effects are already being felt. As Treasurer,
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TURNBULL CUTTING $5.71 MILLION OUT OF THE BALLARAT REGION’S PUBLIC HOSPITALS
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
Surgeries will be delayed, nurse and doctor numbers will decline and emergency department wait times will increase all throughout the Ballarat region, with the Turnbull Government cutting $5.71 million from local public hospitals from 2017-2020. Turnbull is cutting hundreds of millions out of Australia’s public hospitals between 2017- 2020, with Ballarat Health Services facing a
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