TRANSCRIPT – RADIO INTERVIEW – RN BREAKFAST WITH FRAN KELLY – MONDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2020

E&OE TRANSCRIPTRADIO INTERVIEWRN BREAKFAST WITH FRAN KELLYMONDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2020 SUBJECTS: Urban Congestion Fund; Regional Development Grants; Climate Change.  FRAN KELLY: Three billion dollars of taxpayers’ money to try and fix traffic congestion is the latest scheme to find itself at the centre of pork barrelling accusations being levelled at the Morrison Government. Labor’s claiming “rorting on
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TRANSCRIPT – DOORSTOP – MELBOURNE – SUNDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 2020

E&OE TRANSCRIPTDOORSTOPMELBOURNESUNDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 2020  SUBJECTS: Urban Congestion Fund, Regional Development Grants, Train Derailment, Climate Change.  CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT:  Well, good morning. I’m Catherine King, Shadow Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Regional Development. We saw from reports in the newspaper today that Scott Morrison wasn’t just leaving his
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TAKING IT TO THE STREETS: MORRISON’S $3 BILLION URBAN CONGESTION RORT

Scott Morrison has taken his rorts to the streets, pouring over 83 percent of the $3 billion allocated from the Urban Congestion Fund in to Liberal seats and seats targeted by the Liberal Party. In the lead up to the election, Morrison funnelled 144 of 160 projects into Liberal and targeted seats – more than
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STATEMENT ON QANTAS REDUCING FLIGHTS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

Labor notes Qantas’ decision to temporarily reduce flights across Asia due to a drop in demand resulting from Coronavirus. We thank Qantas for the ongoing communication throughout this time and their work to limit the spread of Coronavirus. We also acknowledge the dedicated Qantas staff who brought stranded Australians home. When this health emergency is
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TRANSCRIPT – DOORSTOP INTERVIEW – BRISBANE – TUESDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 2020

E&OE TRANSCRIPTDOORSTOP INTERVIEWBRISBANETUESDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 2020  SUBJECTS: Urban Congestion Fund, Morrison’s Road Rorts, Brisbane City Council Election.   ANIKA WELLS, MEMBER FOR LILLEY: Good morning everybody. I’m Anika Wells, the Federal Member for Lilley, and I have with me here today the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Catherine King, Brisbane City Council
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MORRISON GOVERNMENT VOTES AGAINST MARINE SAFETY

The Morrison Government yesterday voted against a Labor Private Senators’ Bill to improve passenger safety aboard domestic commercial vessels by enforcing mandatory headcounts at both the start and end of a voyage. Moved by Shadow Assistant Minister Senator Glenn Sterle, the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Amendment (Improving Safety) Bill 2019, also known as
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MORRISON ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Scott Morrison has no plan to capitalise on the uptake of electric vehicles and Australians are paying the price every time they fill up their cars. Australian motorists who want to make the switch to electric vehicles are confronted by the high upfront cost and limited charging infrastructure because the Morrison Government does not have
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UNDER FIRE MCCORMACK USED BUILDING BETTER REGIONS FUND IN PRE-ELECTION CASH-SPLASH

Less than 24 hours after Bridget McKenzie resigned over Sports Rorts, new revelations reveal grants awarded by Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack in the lead up to the 2019 election went almost exclusively to Coalition seats or Coalition targets. An investigation by Channel 9 reveals Michael McCormack awarded 156 of 166 projects to Coalition seats
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TRANSCRIPT – RADIO INTERVIEW – ABC NEWS WA – WEDNESDAY, 29 JANUARY 2020

E&OE TRANSCRIPT RADIO INTERVIEW ABC NEWS WA WEDNESDAY, 29 JANUARY 2020   SUBJECT: Drought Communities Program EMMA FIELD, JOURNALIST: Catherine we’re speaking today about the Drought Communities grants program, another round was announced yesterday. For the first time WA shires have been included, but there are a lot of drought-affected areas particularly in pastoral regions which have
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SPORTS RORTS NOT THE ONLY DODGY MCKENZIE FUNDING DECISIONS

New revelations reported today show Bridget McKenzie‘s dodgy funding decisions go beyond Sports Rorts and include using money earmarked for drought-affected communities to prop up Coalition seats.  In the lead up to the 2019 election, then Regional Services Minister Bridget McKenzie awarded funding of $1 million each to councils that did not meet the Government’s own
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