CATHERINE KING – TRANSCRIPT – RADIO INTERVIEW – 2SM MARCUS PAUL IN THE MORNING – THURSDAY, 10 DECEMBER 2020
Thursday, 10 December 2020
E&OE TRANSCRIPTRADIO INTERVIEW2SM MARCUS PAUL IN THE MORNINGSTHURSDAY, 10 DECEMBER 2020 SUBJECT: Leppington Triangle; Senate Inquiry into Western Sydney Airport; Federal ICAC. MARCUS PAUL, HOST: We’re joined by Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Good morning Catherine. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Good morning, Marcus. PAUL: I mean, this is, look,
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TONY BURKE & CATHERINE KING – TRANSCRIPT – DOORSTOP INTERVIEW – PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA – MONDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2020
Monday, 30 November 2020
E&OE TRANSCRIPTDOORSTOP INTERVIEWPARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRAMONDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2020 SUBJECTS: Qantas workers; Australia-China relationship; insecure work; ANAO; safe lending. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: 15 minutes ago, Qantas announced that it is now making 2,000 of its ground crew redundant. It has finalised the internal process to see whether they are going
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TONY BURKE & CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – LATEST QANTAS JOB LOSSES – MONDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2020
Monday, 30 November 2020
Today’s announcement from Qantas is the latest result of the Morrison Government’s failure to plan for Australia’s aviation industry. Labor’s thoughts are with Qantas’s 2,000 workers and their families on what will be a very difficult day. Coming only months after the loss of 6,000 jobs at the airline, this will be another blow for
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CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR AVIATION PLAN – WEDNESDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2020
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
The International Air Transport Association, the global body representing 290 airlines comprising 82% of global air traffic, has joined with the International Transport Workers’ Federation in calling on governments around the world to “prevent an employment catastrophe in the aviation industry” and deliver a long-term plan for the future of the stricken sector. Labor will
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KING, STERLE & SHELDON – MEDIA RELEASE – AVIATION SECTOR INQUIRY ESTABLISHED IN SENATE – MONDAY, 9 NOVEMBER 2020
Monday, 09 November 2020
After the Morrison Government’s comprehensive failure to support Australian aviation and plan for the future of this essential industry, Labor has today initiated a Senate inquiry to understand what the COVID-19 pandemic will mean for the future of Australia’s aviation sector. The inquiry will also be able to examine the support offered – or not
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CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – SUBSIDIES FOR PRIVATE JETS ALL PART OF THE MORRISON GOVERNMENT’S PLAN FOR AVIATION – TUESDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2020
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
The Deputy Prime Minister confirmed today that the Morrison Government has been using their aviation support package to subsidise the use of private jets. Through the Morrison Government’s aviation support package, tens of thousands of dollars have been delivered through air services charge rebates to Crown Casino, Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy, Leppington Pastoral Company and other
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CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – MORRISON GOVERNMENT CUTS TO CASA RISK AVIATION SAFETY – WEDNESDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2020
Thursday, 22 October 2020
A senate inquiry into general aviation has heard of the urgent need for the Morrison Government to support the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). In its Senate submission Professionals Australia, who represent workers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, has found that over recent years, staffing numbers in CASA’s Southern Region office
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CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – ESTIMATES REVEAL $30M PRICETAG WAS PRE-PLANNED – MONDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2020
Monday, 19 October 2020
Evidence heard in Senate Estimates has cast even more doubt over the Morrison Government’s program of infrastructure investment, with revelations that the Department of Infrastructure had budgeted “in the order of $30m” for the purchase of the Leppington Triangle even before their dodgy valuation and acquisition process. The acquisition of land should always be based
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CATHERINE KING – TRANSCRIPT – DOORSTOP INTERVIEW – PARLIAMENT HOUSE – SATURDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2020
Saturday, 17 October 2020
E&OE TRANSCRIPTDOORSTOPPARLIAMENT HOUSE SATURDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2020 SUBJECT: Airport land rorts, ANAO budget cuts, ICAC, Victorian COVID numbers, New Zealand travellers in Victoria, Digital border forms. CATHERINE KING SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Thanks everyone for coming out this morning. I just want to make some further comments about the decision yesterday by the
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CATHERINE KING – TRANSCRIPT – RADIO INTERVIEW – ABC RN BREAKFAST – FRIDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2020
Friday, 16 October 2020
E&OE TRANSCRIPTRADIO INTERVIEWRADIO NATIONAL BREAKFASTFRIDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2020 SUBJECTS: Repatriation of stranded Australians; Virgin Australia. HAMISH MACDONALD, HOST: Catherine King is the opposition transport spokeswoman. Good morning to you. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Good morning Hamish. MACDONALD: On the plans to bring Australians home and put them into quarantine in Howard Springs. Do you welcome that decision? KING: Well, Labor has been calling
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