CATHERINE KING – TRANSCRIPT – DOORSTOP INTERVIEW – MELBOURNE – THURSDAY, 4 NOVEMBER 2021
Thursday, 04 November 2021
E&OE TRANSCRIPTDOORSTOP INTERVIEWMELBOURNETHURSDAY, 4 NOVEMBER 2021 SUBJECT: Trackless Rapid Transit for Melbourne’s South East. CARINA GARLAND, LABOR CANDIDATE FOR CHISHOLM: Welcome everyone to Chisholm this morning. I’m Carina Garland, the Labor candidate for Chisholm and I’m so excited about an amazing infrastructure announcement we have today. I’m joined here by the shadow minister Catherine King; Michelle Ananda-Rajah
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CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – NEXT GENERATION RAPID TRANSIT FOR MELBOURNE’S SOUTHEAST – THURSDAY, 4 NOVEMBER 2021
Thursday, 04 November 2021
An Albanese Labor Government will bring the next generation of rapid transit to Melbourne’s Southeast by investing in the business case for electric Trackless Rapid Transport (TRT) linking Caulfield Station to Rowville, with stops at Chadstone Shopping Centre and Monash University’s Clayton Campus. Labor’s $6m commitment will fund a full business case into this first-of-its-kind
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CATHERINE KING & ANDREW GILES – MEDIA RELEASE – TIME FOR TUDGE TO TELL THE TRUTH – TUESDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2021
Tuesday, 26 October 2021
New evidence from the Australian National Audit Office has revealed that Minister Tudge not only knew that the Commuter Car Park Fund was entirely politicised, but he himself directed his staff to do it. Ever since this scandal first broke, Minister Tudge and the Prime Minister have denied all knowledge of the so-called ‘Top-20 Marginals’
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CATHERINE KING – TRANSCRIPT – RADIO INTERVIEW – ABC VICTORIA STATEWIDE DRIVE – WEDNESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2021
Thursday, 21 October 2021
E&OE TRANSCRIPTRADIO INTERVIEWABC VICTORIA STATEWIDE DRIVEWEDNESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2021 SUBJECTS: ANAO report on regional grants to major cities; Building Better Regions Fund rorts; National Integrity Commission. NICOLE CHVASTEK, HOST: Catherine King, good afternoon. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Really good to be with you, Nicole. HOST: Catherine King, are you convinced by Barnaby
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CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – 55 PER CENT OF “REGIONAL” GRANTS WENT TO THE CITIES – TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
Analysis released today by the Australian National Audit Office has revealed that 55 per cent of all “regional” grants announced by the Morrison-Joyce Government since 2018 has gone to projects located in the major cities. In total, 3,682 “regional” grants have gone to major city projects, compared to only 309 projects in areas classified as
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CATHERINE KING – TRANSCRIPT – RADIO INTERVIEW – ABC NEWSRADIO – WEDNESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2021
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
E&OE TRANSCRIPTRADIO INTERVIEWABC NEWSRADIO WITH GLEN BARTHOLOMEWWEDNESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2021 SUBJECTS: ANAO report on regional grants to major cities; Building Better Regions Fund rorts; National Integrity Commission. GLEN BARTHOLOMEW, HOST: Catherine King joins us now. Good morning. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Good morning Glen. HOST: What do you make
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MARLES & KING – MEDIA RELEASE – MORRISON-JOYCE GOVERNMENT’S NEGLECT TO SKILLS IS BIGGEST RISK TO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS – WEDNESDAY, 13 OCTOBER 2021
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
The Morrison-Joyce Government’s nearly decade-long neglect of the skills sector has been revealed today as one of the biggest risks to our future infrastructure development. Infrastructure Australia’s Infrastructure Market Capacity report has highlighted the labour shortages in critical skills required for infrastructure projects are expected to have severe impacts. The report outlined that in order to meet
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CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – BBRF RORTS CONDUCTED VIA COLOUR-CODED SPREADSHEET – TUESDAY, 12 OCTOBER 2021
Tuesday, 12 October 2021
Yesterday we learnt that the Building Better Regions Fund disproportionately favoured Coalition-held seats and today we found out why – projects were chosen according to secret, colour-coded spreadsheets. Speaking to Flow FM, a radio station based in Kapunda, SA, Member for Mallee, Anne Webster, spectacularly belled the cat, telling listeners that Coalition MPs had the
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CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – MORE RORTS FROM THE MORRISON-JOYCE GOVERNMENT – MONDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2021
Tuesday, 12 October 2021
New analysis has today revealed the latest round of Morrison-Joyce Government rorts, with almost 90% of new Building Better Regions funding going to Coalition-held or marginal seats. Out of $300 million of funding available, Coalition-held and marginal seats received around $270 million. The numbers don’t lie. This is the latest in a long line of rorts from
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KING & GILES – MEDIA RELEASE – PAUL FLETCHER NEEDS A DICTIONARY & AUSTRALIA NEEDS A NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION – THURSDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2021
Thursday, 07 October 2021
Minister Fletcher has failed to address serious concerns about the Morrison-Joyce Government’s $660 million Commuter Car Park Fund, better known as car park rorts, where programs were selected on the basis of a secret spreadsheet of marginal seats before the last election. Astonishingly, yesterday the Minister claimed ‘we have been very transparent in relation to
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