TRANSCRIPT – RADIO INTERVIEW – BBC RADIO 4 TODAY PROGRAM
Sunday, 05 January 2020
SUBJECT: Bushfires in Australia; Climate Change. HOST: Australia is taking action on climate change, but you won’t engage in reckless job destroying and economy crunching targets. Those are the words of the Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his defence of his country’s approach to climate change. But will the fires which he now calls a disaster change
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STAY SAFE ON OUR ROADS THIS FESTIVE SEASON
Sunday, 22 December 2019
Labor’s Shadow Transport Minister Catherine King and Shadow Assistant Minister for Road Safety Glenn Sterle are urging road users to stay safe on our roads this festive season. “This Christmas we urge all road users to take care and drive to conditions to make sure everyone gets to loved ones at home or on holiday,” Shadow
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THE NUMBERS DON’T ADD UP: MORRISON AND MCCORMACK’S MYEFO BUNGLE ON INFRASTRUCTURE
Saturday, 21 December 2019
Scott Morrison and Michael McCormack’s credibility on infrastructure and the economy is in tatters after Labor uncovered a $50 million shortfall in the MYEFO Budget Update. Following mounting calls to bring forward infrastructure investment from the RBA Governor, senior economists, industry leaders and state governments, last month Scott Morrison and Michael McCormack finally admitted they had
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FOI REVEALS LITTLEPROUD MAKING IT UP AS HE GOES ON DROUGHT
Wednesday, 18 December 2019
Media Release with Shadow Minister Joel Fitzgibbon The Federal Government’s credibility on drought is in tatters after revelations it ignored Bureau of Meteorology advice before allocating $1 million in drought funding to Moyne Shire Council in Victoria in September. Moyne Shire infamously refused to accept the funds, with the Mayor stating at the time that
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SPEECH – MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – ECONOMY
Monday, 02 December 2019
If you ever want an example of this third-term seven-year government not having an economic plan, you just saw it. They just spent 10 minutes of the minister’s contribution talking about Labor, completely and utterly unable to talk about the things that they should be doing. And as the shadow Treasurer pointed out, this third-term
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LABOR BACKS JOBS IN SUPER YACHT INDUSTRY
Monday, 02 December 2019
Labor is backing the thousands of Australians who work in the super yacht industry by today supporting the Special Recreational Vessels Bill 2019. Tourism is at the heart of our economy driving good jobs, new infrastructure investment and increasing quality of life, particularly in regional communities. The Bill will enable international super yachts to be offered
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LABOR WELCOMES JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT INQUIRY INTO REGIONAL RORTS
Monday, 02 December 2019
Labor welcomes the Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audit’s inquiry into the Coalition’s Regional Jobs and Investment Packages. Shadow Minister Catherine King wrote to the Chair of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit requesting the inquiry just days after the report’s Melbourne Cup-timed release. “Labor welcomes the action by the Audit Committee
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JK MCDOUGALL LECTURE
Saturday, 30 November 2019
***CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY*** Acknowledgements omitted Thank you for the invitation to deliver the seventeenth JK McDougall Lecture. It is an honour to join the long list of distinguished speakers who have delivered this lecture in honour of the Ararat branch’s first President and Secretary John Keith McDougall. JK McDougall of course was very much a
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO RAIL, TRAM AND BUS UNION NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
***CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY*** Good morning and thank you for the invitation to join you here today. I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land upon which we meet, and pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging. I know Anthony is speaking at the dinner tonight. His passion for our nation’s
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STILL NOT A CENT FOR THE NT FROM MORRISON’S INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE
Friday, 22 November 2019
Scott Morrison has this week announced infrastructure funding for all mainland states – leaving the Territory out in the cold. Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Catherine King said the ad-hoc announcements across the country showed Scott Morrison was under pressure to be seen to be doing something. “These ad-hoc infrastructure announcements are
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