CATHERINE KING – TRANSCRIPT – DOORSTOP INTERVIEW – PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA – TUESDAY, 3 AUGUST 2021
Tuesday, 03 August 2021
E&OE TRANSCRIPT DOORSTOP INTERVIEW PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA TUESDAY, 3 AUGUST 2021 SUBJECTS: Qantas workers stood down; Vaccine and quarantine. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: I just wanted to make some comments about the decision today by Qantas to stand down two and a half thousand of its workforce for at least the next
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CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – AVIATION SUPPORT EXTENSION ONLY NEEDED DUE TO MORRISON’S FAILURES – MONDAY, 2 AUGUST 2021
Monday, 02 August 2021
If Scott Morrison had done his two jobs of rolling out the vaccine and fixing hotel quarantine, today’s stop-gap extension of aviation support would never have been needed. Because of the Prime Minister’s failings, two of Australia’s biggest cities are in lockdown, state borders have slammed shut, and planes are sitting idle at airports around
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CATHERINE KING – TRANSCRIPT – TELEVISION INTERVIEW – SKY NEWS WITH SHARRI MARKSON – SUNDAY, 22 JULY 2021
Monday, 26 July 2021
E&OE TRANSCRIPT TELEVISION INTERVIEWSKY NEWS WITH SHARRI MARKSONSUNDAY, 25 JULY 2021 SUBJECTS: Vaccines; lockdowns; leadership. SHARRI MARKSON, HOST: Let’s start with this never-ending lockdown in New South Wales, the case numbers aren’t moving, they’re well above 100 every single day. Jason, realistically, do you think we’re looking at an extended lockdown situation here? JASON FALINSKI, MEMBER
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CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – MORE AVIATION LAYOFFS WOULD BE AN INDICTMENT ON MORRISON GOVERNMENT – THURSDAY, 22 JULY 2021
Thursday, 22 July 2021
Reports that Australian aviation workers are facing the prospect of further job losses is devastating news to workers across the country. Aviation workers are essential workers, but like so many other Australians, they have been forgotten by the Morrison Government. Before the latest wave of infections, the Morrison Government had already overseen the loss of
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CATHERINE KING – TRANSCRIPT – RADIO INTERVIEW – 2SM – TUESDAY, 20 JULY 2021
Tuesday, 20 July 2021
E&OE TRANSCRIPTRADIO INTERVIEW2SM MARCUS PAUL IN THE MORNINGTUESDAY, 20 JULY 2021 SUBJECT: Car Park Rorts, lockdowns. MARCUS PAUL, HOST: Catherine, good morning. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Good morning, Marcus. PAUL: Now, why is it that under this current government we have seen gross mismanagement of public funds. It’s not the Liberal or
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CATHERINE KING – TRANSCRIPT – RADIO INTERVIEW – ABC RADIO NATIONAL – MONDAY, 19 JULY 2021
Tuesday, 20 July 2021
CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Good to be with you, Patricia. KARVELAS: Just starting on the COVID related news first. Do you support the New South Wales government’s approach to pausing all construction? KING: Well, I don’t think they’ve got a choice given what’s happening with the Delta strain in New South Wales.
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CATHERINE KING – TRANSCRIPT – RADIO INTERVIEW – ABC MELBOURNE – MONDAY, JULY 19 2021
Monday, 19 July 2021
SUBJECT: Car Park Rorts, lockdowns. RAF EPSTEIN, HOST: Catherine, did we learn anything different today? I mean, we sort of knew what the auditors had to say. Did we learn anything substantially different today? CATHERINE KING: Yeah, a couple of things. I think the first was obviously this top 20 marginal seats that seemed to
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CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – BLANK CHEQUES AND EMPTY PROMISES: MORRISON GOVERNMENT STILL FLAILING ON INLAND RAIL – FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
Friday, 28 May 2021
The Morrison Government has no plan where Inland Rail will start, where it will end, the route it will take or how it will interact with existing stations up and down the country – but that hasn’t stopped ministers from talking up the supposed benefits of this project. Just today, the Deputy Prime Minister has
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CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT LEADS THE WAY IN AUSTRALIAN MADE TRAINS – TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
Today’s announcement from the Victorian Labor Government that they will invest $986 million to build 25 brand-new X’Trapolis 2.0 trains right here in Australia is a welcome example of a government harnessing its infrastructure investment to support Australian jobs and maintain local industries. Labor governments know that building trains here creates more jobs, trains young
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CATHERINE KING – SPEECH – ADDRESS TO THE QUEENSLAND MAJOR PROJECTS SYMPOSIUM – INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERSHIPS AUSTRALIA – BRISBANE – TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
ADDRESS TO THE QUEENSLAND MAJOR PROJECTS SYMPOSIUM INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERSHIPS AUSTRALIABRISBANE TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021 *** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** Introduction & Acknowledgments Thank you very much Adrian and can I thank Infrastructure Partnerships Australia and all of you for the opportunity to address you today. It’s a real pleasure to be back in the Sunshine State! I’d like to
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