UNCERTAINTY FOR PRESCHOOLS MUST END TODAY
Friday, 15 August 2014
Federal Member for Ballarat, Catherine King today called on the Abbott Government to end the uncertainty and commit to universal access funding for preschools.
- Published in MEDIA
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DUTTON’S OWN DEPARTMENT EXPOSES “SAFETY NET” LIE
Thursday, 14 August 2014
The Health Minister's repeated claims his GP Tax contains "an appropriate safety net” for pensioners, health care concession card holders and children has been blown out of the water by his own department.
- Published in MEDIA
WHITELEY SHOULD FIGHT FOR ABOLITION OF GP TAX
Thursday, 14 August 2014
Tasmanian Liberal MP Brett Whiteley has joined the growing revolt within Coalition ranks against Tony Abbott's GP Tax.
- Published in MEDIA
FAMILY DAY CARE CUTS CONFIRMED
Thursday, 14 August 2014
Federal Member for Ballarat, Catherine King today said many Ballarat families were set to lose access to family day care services as a result of $157.1 million in Abbott Government budget cuts from family day care services.
- Published in MEDIA
NEW TRADE TRAINING CENTRE TO SUPPORT CAREER PATHWAYS FOR BALLARAT STUDENTS
Wednesday, 13 August 2014
Federal Member for Ballarat, Catherine King today celebrated the opening of Ballarat Christian College’s new Trade Training Centre.
- Published in MEDIA
COUNCILS STILL FEELING ABBOTT BUDGET PAIN THREE MONTHS ON
Wednesday, 13 August 2014
Three months after the Abbott Government handed down its unfair budget, local councils are still struggling to make up for the $1 billion slashed from the Local Government Financial Assistance Grants program.
- Published in MEDIA
A DEGREE SHOULDNT BE A DEBT SENTENCE FOR KIDS IN BALLARAT
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
Catherine King MP and Andrew Giles MP will today hold a forum at Federation University to listen to the concerns of students and staff about Tony Abbott’s unfair higher education agenda, which will burden past, present and future university students with a debt sentence.
- Published in MEDIA
ROTTEN GP TAX MUST BE AXED NOT AMENDED
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
No amount of fiddling can fix Tony Abbott’s rotten GP Tax – it must be axed, not amended.
- Published in MEDIA
TREASURY EXPOSES HOCKEYS BUDGET DECEIT ON PENSIONERS
Monday, 11 August 2014
Secret Treasury documents released under Freedom of Information show pensioners will be $131.80 worse off every year as a result of the Abbott Government's new GP Tax and hikes to the pharmaceutical copayment.
- Published in MEDIA
ITS OFFICIAL: JOE WONT LISTEN TO ANYONE ON GP TAX
Monday, 11 August 2014
Joe Hockey’s rejection of Peter Costello’s call to dump the GP Tax confirms what’s been obvious to health experts and professionals since his disastrous Budget – he doesn’t listen to anyone but himself.
- Published in MEDIA