Written by - Senator Nigel Scullion
In August 2008 the Rudd Labor Government began to unravel the Coalition’s strong border protection measures. They abolished temporary protection visas, struck an unprecedented deal with Sri Lankan asylum seekers aboard the Australian patrol boat Oceanic Viking... (28-Jul)
Written by: John Cobb, MP -
Calare is the engine room of New South Wales and there really is no better place to live. This has been reinforced to me over the last few weeks as I’ve travelled around the electorate meeting with local people and community organisations in recent times. The other th... (16-Jul)
Written by: Mark Coulton, MP -
Many small businesses are doing it tough. A combination of drought, the global economic downturn and the government’s Industrial Relations reforms have created a very difficult set of circumstances for the businesses that drive the economies of the towns in which w... (09-Jul)
Written by: John Cobb, MP -
Federal Rounds - Stop the boats, stop the deaths and stop the illegal trade
Three months ago I said in a press release that I will proudly take the Coalition’s record and policy on immigration and human trafficking to the election and, after a week when those two issue... (05-Jul)
Written by: John Cobb, MP -
When Julia Gillard walked into the House of Representatives as the Prime Minister on Thursday she shook hands with Tony Abbott and said “Game On”. Two words that showed just how badly out of touch Labor had become. Running the country is not a game. Regardless of whet... (28-Jun)
Written by: Mark Coulton, MP -
Since the factional and union-led coup d’etat that brought down Kevin Rudd and installed Julia Gillard as Prime Minister, my phone has been running hot with constituents wondering what this all means for regional Australia and for the future direction of our country.... (28-Jun)
Written by: John Cobb, MP -
As another week in Parliament comes to an end it is beginning to feel a lot like election time. Whether it comes sooner, around August, or later in October/November this year’s Federal Election will ask Australians to make a big decision. We have specific decisi... (07-Jun)
Written by: Senator John Williams -
Resource Super Profits Tax
This month has been dominated by the debate over the mining tax. In the Senate I asked Minister Carr whether quarries (such as those found around the north) are included in the tax, and he turned to his colleagues and advisors and ask... (07-Jun)
Written by: John Cobb, MP -
This weeks Federal Rounds follows national enrol to vote week which encourages young people, in their final years of school, to register themselves to vote through the Australian Electoral Commission. The AEC have been working directly with schools and universities throu... (24-May)
Written by: Mark Coulton, MP -
In August 1995 Premier Bob Carr, burdened by his newly-elected government’s political debt to the Greens and the environmental lobby, declared a green war on the State’s farmers. Starting with the controversial SEPP 46 regulations, Carr spent the next decade rollin... (24-May)