MORRISON AND MCCORMACK DEFEND NUCLEAR RORTING OF URBAN CONGESTION FUND

Scott Morrison’s performance today in Question Time showed that he is shamelessly proud of his nuclear-level rorting of the Urban Congestion Fund. In response to questions on pork-barrelling in the Liberal seat of Boothby, Higgins, Deakin and La Trobe, Scott Morrison proved that there isn’t a taxpayer-funded program he won’t use for his own political
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TRANSCRIPT – TELEVISION INTERVIEW – SKY NEWS AM AGENDA – MONDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2020

E&OE TRANSCRIPTTELEVISION INTERVIEWSKY NEWS AM AGENDAMONDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2020 SUBJECTS: Urban Congestion Fund; Climate Change.  ANNELISE NEILSEN: Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Catherine King, thank you for your time. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT:  Thanks for having me. NEILSEN: Now you’re speaking today about the Urban Infrastructure Fund,
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TRANSCRIPT – DOORSTOP – PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA – MONDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2020

E&OE TRANSCRIPTDOORSTOP INTERVIEWPARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRAMONDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2020 SUBJECTS: Urban Congestion Fund; Climate Change; Bettina Arndt.  CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT:  Thanks. Well, we saw on the weekend that Scott Morrison has now taken his rorts to the streets with reports that out of the 160 projects that were announced out of the
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TRANSCRIPT – RADIO INTERVIEW – ALAN JONES BREAKFAST SHOW – MONDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2020

E&OE TRANSCRIPTRADIO INTERVIEWALAN JONES BREAKFAST SHOWMONDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2020  SUBJECTS: Train Derailment, Condition of Victoria’s North East Railway Line.  ALAN JONES: Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Member for Ballarat, Catherine King, good morning. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT:  Good morning Alan. JONES: You were briefed on this over the weekend.
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TRANSCRIPT – RADIO INTERVIEW – RN BREAKFAST WITH FRAN KELLY – MONDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2020

E&OE TRANSCRIPTRADIO INTERVIEWRN BREAKFAST WITH FRAN KELLYMONDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2020 SUBJECTS: Urban Congestion Fund; Regional Development Grants; Climate Change.  FRAN KELLY: Three billion dollars of taxpayers’ money to try and fix traffic congestion is the latest scheme to find itself at the centre of pork barrelling accusations being levelled at the Morrison Government. Labor’s claiming “rorting on
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TAKING IT TO THE STREETS: MORRISON’S $3 BILLION URBAN CONGESTION RORT

Scott Morrison has taken his rorts to the streets, pouring over 83 percent of the $3 billion allocated from the Urban Congestion Fund in to Liberal seats and seats targeted by the Liberal Party. In the lead up to the election, Morrison funnelled 144 of 160 projects into Liberal and targeted seats – more than
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STATEMENT ON QANTAS REDUCING FLIGHTS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

Labor notes Qantas’ decision to temporarily reduce flights across Asia due to a drop in demand resulting from Coronavirus. We thank Qantas for the ongoing communication throughout this time and their work to limit the spread of Coronavirus. We also acknowledge the dedicated Qantas staff who brought stranded Australians home. When this health emergency is
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MORRISON GOVERNMENT VOTES AGAINST MARINE SAFETY

The Morrison Government yesterday voted against a Labor Private Senators’ Bill to improve passenger safety aboard domestic commercial vessels by enforcing mandatory headcounts at both the start and end of a voyage. Moved by Shadow Assistant Minister Senator Glenn Sterle, the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Amendment (Improving Safety) Bill 2019, also known as
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MORRISON ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Scott Morrison has no plan to capitalise on the uptake of electric vehicles and Australians are paying the price every time they fill up their cars. Australian motorists who want to make the switch to electric vehicles are confronted by the high upfront cost and limited charging infrastructure because the Morrison Government does not have
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UNDER FIRE MCCORMACK USED BUILDING BETTER REGIONS FUND IN PRE-ELECTION CASH-SPLASH

Less than 24 hours after Bridget McKenzie resigned over Sports Rorts, new revelations reveal grants awarded by Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack in the lead up to the 2019 election went almost exclusively to Coalition seats or Coalition targets. An investigation by Channel 9 reveals Michael McCormack awarded 156 of 166 projects to Coalition seats
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