E&OE TRANSCRIPTRADIO INTERVIEWSCA RADIO AUSTRALIA TODAY WITH STEVE PRICETUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021 SUBJECTS: Morrison Government’s latest infrastructure announcements; 2021 Budget, Tourism, Affordable housing. STEVE PRICE, HOST: Figures compiled by the Australian Automobile Association, according to the Australian Financial Review today, show that $4.4 billion has been committed in the last five budgets, a shortfall of

SUBJECT: Morrison Government’s latest infrastructure announcements.  CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Today, yet again, we’ve got an announcement from the government around infrastructure. This government, every time it announces infrastructure projects you have to look at the fine print. What we see again is a government that has spent almost

SUBJECTS: Morrison Government’s latest infrastructure announcements; China. TOM CONNELL, HOST: Joining me live is Catherine King, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Thanks for your time. You’ve read no doubt about the planned additional spend today. What have you made of it?  CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Well

Further revelations around land deals in Western Sydney by the Coalition Government again highlights the need for a national anti-corruption commission. The NSW Government has today referred its purchases of tens of millions of dollars in environmental offsets in Western Sydney to its Independent Commission Against Corruption after questions were raised about possible conflicts of interest.

The Morrison Government has been caught out pork barrelling and rorting taxpayer money again this time through the Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF).   44 of the 163 grants went to seats held by Michael McCormack and three of his ministerial mates who decide which projects gets funded.  This funding was meant to help communities

Labor welcomes the appointment of a new team to head the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), with Pip Spence appointed as CEO and Director of Aviation Safety and former Defence Force Chief Mark Binskin appointed as board chair.  CASA is responsible for ensuring that Australia’s aviation sector is well-regulated and, most importantly, safe. The appointment of Ms

The Senate Inquiry into the Management of the Inland Rail project yesterday heard that 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. Appearing before the Senate Inquiry, the Australian Rail

Reports today that three more commuter carparks at suburban train stations are set to be dumped underline the chaos that is the Morrison Government’s Commuter Carpark Fund. Promised ahead of the 2019 Election, these carparks were meant to ease congestion on busy city roads and get more commuters onto trains.  Instead, these ill-thought-out commitments have been

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