WHO GOT RIPPED OFF IN QLD FROM LNP REGIONAL RORTS?
Thursday, 07 November 2019
Regional Queensland’s LNP MPs must come clean on which local organisations got ripped off, through the LNP’s latest regional rorts scandal. This week, the Morrison Government was caught out trying to hide a scathing Audit into the administration of the Regional Jobs and Investment Packages less than an hour before the Melbourne Cup Race. The
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DROUGHT COMMUNITIES PROGRAM IN CHAOS AS ANOTHER COUNCIL CONSIDERS OPTING OUT
Wednesday, 06 November 2019
On the day the Morrison Government will finally announce its so-called drought stimulus package, its signature Drought Communities Program has been thrown into chaos with reports another council is considering opting out. The Australian reports today that the Yorke Peninsula Council in South Australia is considering whether to forgo the money so it can be
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TRANSCRIPT – TV INTERVIEW – SKY NEWS AM AGENDA
Wednesday, 06 November 2019
E&OE TRANSCRIPT TELEVISION INTERVIEW SKY NEWS AM AGENDA WEDNESDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 2019 SUBJECT: Audit into Government’s Regional Jobs and Investment Packages, Drought Stimulus Package, Labor Review. ANNELISE NEILSEN: Joining us live from Melbourne now is the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Catherine King. Catherine, thank you for your time. If we could start
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TRANSCRIPT – DOORSTOP INTERVIEW
Wednesday, 06 November 2019
E&OE TRANSCRIPT DOORSTOP MELBOURNE WEDNESDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 2019 SUBJECT: Audit into Government’s Regional Jobs and Investment Packages. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Thanks everybody for coming out. Well, while everybody was preparing to watch the Melbourne Cup yesterday, the Morrison Government decided to sneak out an adverse report from the
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MORRISON GOVERNMENT TRIES TO BURY SCATHING AUDIT ON MELBOURNE CUP DAY
Tuesday, 05 November 2019
The Morrison Government has tried to bury a scathing Audit into the administration of the Regional Jobs and Investment Packages by tabling the report less than an hour before the running of the Melbourne Cup. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development Michael McCormack must provide a full explanation of the Ministerial Panel’s
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MORRISON MUST STOP IGNORING CALLS TO FAST TRACK INFRASTRUCTURE
Monday, 04 November 2019
Three months since Scott Morrison wrote to the States and Territories flagging he was finally open to fast tracking infrastructure investment, not a single project has been announced. The Reserve Bank Governor has called for greater investment in infrastructure at least seven times since the election, particularly in regional Australia. Today, the RBA Governor is
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MORRISON SHOULD GET BEHIND GENUINE HIGH-SPEED RAIL
Monday, 04 November 2019
Scott Morrison should listen to Labor and to industry and get behind genuine High-Speed Rail by investing to preserve the route corridor. High-Speed Rail is a game changer for real decentralisation, with benefits flowing to both the city and the country. The Australian Financial Review today reports major property and transport sector CEOs are calling
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IS MCCORMACK FULL OF HOT AIR ON REGIONAL AVIATION?
Friday, 01 November 2019
The Deputy Prime Minister’s announcement of a “policy statement” for regional aviation appears to just be another stalling tactic after six years of inaction. Minister McCormack has been sitting on two reports since June – a Senate Committee inquiry into regional aviation and the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into airport regulation. Instead of working on formal
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URBAN CONGESTION FUND IS JUST ANOTHER LIBERAL SLUSH FUND
Monday, 28 October 2019
Alan Tudge is using his Urban Congestion Fund to pork barrel Liberal seats rather than strategically address Perth’s congestion problems. Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Catherine King said that new information released at Senate Estimates reveals all of the electorate-specific projects in Greater Perth are in Liberal-held seats. This is pork barrelling
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DROUGHT COMMUNITIES PROGRAM UNDER REVIEW – AGAIN
Tuesday, 22 October 2019
Less than 24 hours after Minister for Agriculture bluntly stated that the Moira Shire is not eligible for the Drought Communities Program Extension, the Morrison Government has backflipped and announced a review. Yesterday at Estimates under questioning from Labor Senator Murray Watt, Departmental officials confirmed Moira Shire in northern Victoria was not eligible for drought
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