CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – LEPPINGTON TRIANGLE AFP INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES – THURSDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 2021
Thursday, 30 September 2021
Labor notes the announcement from the Australian Federal Police that the investigation it commenced in July 2020 into the purchase of the Leppington Triangle parcel of land has now concluded with no evidence of criminal conduct identified. Now that this police investigation has concluded, the Morrison-Joyce Government and the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development
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CATHERINE KING & CAROL BROWN – MEDIA RELEASE – WORLD MARITIME DAY – THURSDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 2021
Thursday, 30 September 2021
Today is World Maritime Day. More than most nations, Australia is dependent on our merchant marine and seafarers. Shipping accounts for 80 per cent of international trade but 99 per cent of our imports and exports of goods, including fuel. Our economic sovereignty and national security are dependent on having more Australian seafarers working on
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CATHERINE KING AND JIM CHALMERS – MEDIA RELEASE – FEDERAL LABOR COMMITS TO FIXING DRYNAN DRIVE – THURSDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2021
Tuesday, 21 September 2021
An Albanese Labor Government will invest $4.8 million in upgrading Drynan Drive in Calliope and fixing one of the region’s most dangerous intersections. The Drynan Drive intersection is the single biggest local issue for the people of Calliope and it has been identified as a priority by both the Queensland Government and Labor’s candidate for
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CATHERINE KING & ANDREW GILES – MEDIA RELEASE – FOI RELEASE CONFIRMS THAT ONLY THE PM CAN EXPLAIN CAR PARK RORTS SCANDAL – MONDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2021
Monday, 13 September 2021
A response to a Freedom Of Information request reported this morning in Nine newspapers confirms suspicions and raises new concerns about the Morrison-Joyce Government’s scandal-plagued Commuter Car Park Fund. We already knew that projects in this $660 million fund were selected according to a list of “top 20 marginal seats”, but today we learnt that the process
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CATHERINE KING & GLENN STERLE – MEDIA RELEASE – ROAD FREIGHT TRANSPORT MUST BE CONSIDERED AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE – THURSDAY, 19 AUGUST 2021
Thursday, 19 August 2021
Federal Labor joins with the chorus of state-based and national transport associations calling for the road freight transport industry to be nationally recognised as an essential service and for the Morrison-Joyce Government to work closely with transport unions and businesses to incentivise as many workers to be vaccinated as soon as possible. Eighteen months into
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CATHERINE KING & GLENN STERLE – MEDIA RELEASE – “INLAND RAIL: DERAILED FROM THE START” – THURSDAY, 12 AUGUST 2021
Thursday, 12 August 2021
If you want to know about the Morrison-Joyce Government’s management of the Inland Rail project, you just have to read the title of the Senate report – “Inland Rail: derailed from the start”. This project has been derailed from the start by Coalition mismanagement. This report reaffirms the importance of this project, while highlighting the
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JIM CHALMERS & CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – FRYDENBERG AT THE WHEEL OF ‘PORK AND RIDE’ – WEDNESDAY, 11 AUGUST 2021
Wednesday, 11 August 2021
Josh Frydenberg is up to his neck in the Morrison Government’s shameless $660 million ‘pork and ride’ cash splash, promising four new car parks in his own electorate but delivering none. The Treasurer himself allocated a tenth of this rorted scheme to his own electorate and he’s been sprung promising hundreds of new parking spaces for
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CATHERINE KING & ANDREW GILES – TRANSCRIPT – DOORSTOP INTERVIEW – CANBERRA – WEDNESDAY, 4 AUGUST 2021
Thursday, 05 August 2021
E&OE TRANSCRIPTDOORSTPOP INTERVIEWCANBERRAWEDNESDAY, 4 AUGUST 2021 SUBJECTS: Car park rorts; 20 Most Marginal seats list; Minister Tudge and Prime Minister’s Office role in rorts scandal: Labor’s anti-rorting legislation; Strength in Multicultural Communities ANDREW GILES, SHADOW MINISTER FOR CITIES AND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE: This morning we saw Alan Tudge run away from questions, well Minister Tudge can
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CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – PAUL FLETCHER’S “PERFECTLY SENSIBLE” LAND PURCHASE – THURSDAY, 5 AUGUST 2021
Thursday, 05 August 2021
The Government has tabled a signed ministerial brief in which Paul Fletcher describes the scandalous purchase of the Leppington Triangle for $30 million as “perfectly sensible”. The document underlines the Morrison Government’s inept management of major infrastructure projects and its ongoing misuse of taxpayer funds and raises serious questions that deserve answers. Addressed to the
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CATHERINE KING – TRANSCRIPT – TELEVISION INTERVIEW – CAPITAL HILL – MONDAY, 3 AUGUST 2021
Tuesday, 03 August 2021
E&OE TRANSCRIPT TELEVISION INTERVIEW CAPITAL HILLMONDAY, 3 AUGUST 2021 SUBJECTS: Qantas workers stood down; Vaccine and quarantine. MATTHEW DORAN, HOST: Catherine King, good afternoon to you. I want to get to that Qantas announcement shortly, but let’s start with this extra support for the aviation sector. Do you think it goes far enough? CATHERINE KING, SHADOW
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