O’CONNOR, PLIBERSEK, KING & RISHWORTH – MEDIA RELEASE – BUILD AUSTRALIA IN AUSTRALIA – THURSDAY, 27 AUGUST 2020
Thursday, 27 August 2020
It shouldn’t take a pandemic and soaring unemployment for the Morrison Government to start talking about the importance of Australian manufacturing. Now it’s time to match words with action. It’s simple – Build it here. Create jobs. Train apprentices. Sadly, we know attacking Australia’s manufacturing and training is in the Coalition’s DNA. Yesterday the NSW
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MORE AVIATION JOB LOSSES
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
Qantas’s latest announcement is another example of why the Morrison Government urgently needs a plan for aviation. Coming so soon after previous announcement of 6,000 job losses at Qantas and 3,000 at Virgin Australia, these losses will be another devastating blow for Australian workers and an industry in crisis. Labor’s thoughts are with all Qantas
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DEPUTY PM REPEATEDLY IGNORES AUSTRALIA’S AIRPORTS
Thursday, 20 August 2020
Evidence delivered at the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 today has revealed the extraordinary fact that the Deputy PM and his department have not even bothered to respond to multiple letters from the Australian Airports Association regarding much needed aviation support. In his evidence, the CEO of the AAA, James Goodwin said the Association had
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CATHERINE KING – TRANSCRIPT – RADIO INTERVIEW – ABC CANBERRA BREAKFAST WITH ADAM SHIRLEY – THURSDAY, 20 AUGUST 2020
Thursday, 20 August 2020
E&OE TRANSCRIPTRADIO INTERVIEWABC CANBERRA BREAKFAST WITH ADAM SHIRLEYTHURSDAY, 20 AUGUST 2020 SUBJECTS: Canberra Airport; ACT infrastructure; need for a plan for aviation. ADAM SHIRLEY, HOST: Catherine King is Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development and she’s with us this morning. Ms King, we really appreciate your time on Breakfast, what’s your main reasoning
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AUSTRALIAN AIRPORTS JOIN THE CALL FOR AVIATION RECOVERY PLAN
Thursday, 20 August 2020
Aviation has played an essential role throughout this crisis, whether that be transporting essential workers, repatriating Australians stranded overseas, facilitating border closures and quarantine arrangements, or importing health supplies and other essential goods. Despite this, the Morrison Government still does not have a plan for the recovery of Australia’s aviation industry. The Senate COVID Committee
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CATHERINE KING – TRANSCRIPT – RADIO INTERVIEW – ABC MELBOURNE BREAKFAST WITH ALI MOORE – WEDNESDAY, 19 AUGUST 2020
Wednesday, 19 August 2020
E&OE TRANSCRIPTRADIO INTERVIEWABC MELBOURNE BREAKFAST WITH ALI MOOREWEDNESDAY, 19 AUGUST 2020 SUBJECTS: International arrival caps; airline price gouging; Australians overseas. ALI MOORE, HOST: Here is the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Catherine King, good morning. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Good morning Ali. MOORE: Do you have
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CATHERINE KING, GLENN STERLE & ALEX GALLACHER – MEDIA RELEASE – REGIONAL ROAD SAFETY MONTH 2020 – TUESDAY, 11 AUGUST 2020
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
This August, we join the Australian Road Safety Foundation (ARSF) in acknowledging Rural Road Safety Month. Rural Road Safety Month is a national awareness campaign organised by the ARSF which targets regional and rural road safety. We know that rural road crashes account for more than 65% of the Australian road toll. The rate of
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CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – AUSTRALIAN AIRPORTS NEED SUPPORT – MONDAY, 10 AUGUST 2020
Monday, 10 August 2020
The Morrison Government is refusing any support to Australian airports grounded by the COVID-crisis. The Morrison Government repeatedly points to its support package for the aviation industry, but the truth is that airports have not received a cent of direct support. With Canberra Airport today announcing it will be closed entirely on Saturdays, and other
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RICHARD MARLES & CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – VESSEL IN CORIO BAY LATEST EXAMPLE OF WHY WE NEED TASKFORCE – THURSDAY, 6 AUGUST 2020
Saturday, 08 August 2020
Labor is deeply concerned that the vessel MV Ben Rinnes which is currently in Corio Bay to discharge Soy Product is in contravention of international conventions, with a number of crew being forced to work in excess of 12 months. This comes just days after a similar incident in Newcastle. It is for these reasons
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TONY BURKE & CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – VIRGIN AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCEMENT – WEDNESDAY, 5 AUGUST 2020
Wednesday, 05 August 2020
VIRGIN AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCEMENT This is another sad day for Australian aviation, Australian workers and regional communities. Labor’s thoughts are with Virgin Australia’s 9,000 workers and their families on what will no doubt be another difficult day. When Scott Morrison took the decision to refuse support to Virgin Australia he left the future of the airline
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