E&OE TRANSCRIPT RADIO INTERVIEWABC VICTORIA STATEWIDE DRIVEMONDAY, 12 APRIL 2021 SUBJECT: Vaccines. MATT TRIBE, HOST: Joining me is Federal Labor member for Ballarat and former shadow health minister, Catherine King. Catherine, Good afternoon. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Good afternoon, Matt. TRIBE: Your colleagues aren’t holding back in their criticism of

E&OE TRANSCRIPT TELEVISION INTERVIEWSKY NEWS “SHARRI”SUNDAY, 11 APRIL 2021 SUBJECTS: Vaccines, domestic violence, China Embassy press conference. SHARRI MARKSON, HOST: Catherine, Australia is safe, we’re COVID free. Many of the issues the Morrison Government is facing when it comes to the delays over the vaccinations are completely, entirely beyond its control, the export controls from the

Once again, the Morrison Government has put its political interests ahead of regional communities with 112 of 330 projects approved under round three of the Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF) by a secret ministerial panel and against his Department’s recommendations. Unsurprisingly, this is the same round announced in the run up to the 2019 Federal Election that

E&OE TRANSCRIPTDOORSTOP INTERVIEWMELBOURNEWEDNESDAY, 7 APRIL 2021 SUBJECTS: Government’s regional rorts; vaccine roll-out; Christine Holgate. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Another day and another scandal from the Morrison Government. This comes after a long list of rorts that we’ve seen from the Morrison Government. First we had Sports Rorts where we

E&OE TRANSCRIPTRADIO INTERVIEWABC CAPRICORNIAWEDNESDAY, 7 APRIL 2021 SUBJECT: Government’s regional rorts. PAUL CULLIVER, HOST: I’m speaking with the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development.  Good morning to you Catherine King. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Good morning. CULLIVER: First of all, how much responsibility should ministers have for

Just hours before online sales for the Morrison Government’s much-hyped half-price airfares scheme begins, it has today been revealed as a cheap trick for aviation workers with hundreds of Virgin Australia staff being stood down without pay. The Deputy Prime Minister likes to repeat his line that “planes in the air means jobs on the ground”,

Liberal Member for Stirling Vince Connelly has been caught out misleading constituents over claims construction of an unfunded road project is set to start “soon”.  In an advertisement to his electorate during the WA State Election campaign, Mr Connelly claimed planning was underway and construction was starting soon on a Reid Highway-Erindale Road interchange. Evidence

E&OE TRANSCRIPTDOORSTOP INTERVIEWPARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRATUESDAY, 23 MARCH 2021 SUBJECTS: Parliament House culture, PM’s failure of leadership, Brittany Higgins.   CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: I want to start by acknowledging that there are many, many of our fellow Australians at the moment who are feeling very anxious about the floods that

Hundreds of thousands of tourism workers and thousands of businesses are owed an explanation from the Morrison Government about why they have been deserted. Reports today reveal some selected workers within the aviation sector will continue to get a $500 per week support payment for another seven months, while other aviation workers and businesses in

*** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY ***Thank you, Rebecca, for that introduction and thank you for the invaluable work you and your team do with the Royal Flying Doctor Service over in WA. I’d like to begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we gather – the Ngunnawal people– and pay my respects