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Source: Mark Coulton, MP - Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has welcomed the Coalition’s commitment to tackle crime in local communities. Mr Coulton said a Coalition Government will commit $50 million to give local communities across regional Australia the means to fund real measures to f... (27-Jul)
Source: John Cobb, MP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard Climate Change announcement has to be one of the lamest, half-baked excuses for a policy since ‘medicare-gold’ or ‘noodle nation’, Member for Calare, John Cobb said. “Never has a party in election mode been more gutless in avoiding and issue w... (26-Jul)
Source: Mark Coulton, MP - Pork producers throughout the Parkes electorate will be severely disadvantaged by a decision by one of Australia’s biggest supermarket chains to phase out the sale of local pork from producers that use dry sow stalls. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton said the ... (26-Jul)
Source: Senator Ron Boswell - “The Greens are once again taking jobs and a future away from indigenous people with their threat to use the Senate to stop sand mining in its tracks on Stradbroke Island,” said The Nationals’ Senator Ron Boswell today. “Some fifty indigenous people work in th... (26-Jul)
Source: John Forrest, MP - The Nationals Federal Member for Mallee John Forrest says the Coalition’s promised increase to the existing Education Tax Refund would help ensure regional Australians received a fair share of the tax dollar. The rebate under a Coalition Government, if elected, will p... (26-Jul)
Source: Darren Chester, MP - The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester is supporting a $50 million funding commitment to improve community safety by re-establishing the National Community Crime Prevention Program. The program will support the crime-fighting efforts of local ... (26-Jul)
Source: John Forrest, MP - The Nationals Federal Member for Mallee John Forrest says while in caretaker mode until the August 21 election, he’s continuing to honour constituent commitments “as usual”. “Life for a parliamentarian up for re-election goes on,” Mr Forrest said. “Last... (25-Jul)
Source: Senator Barnaby Joyce- Senator Joyce said today that the Auditor General report on Infrastructure Australia's first audit report reveals Labor's politicised, haphazard and sloppy approach to infrastructure investment. In the 2008-09 Budget, the Rudd-Gillard Government committed themse... (24-Jul)
The Rudd-Gillard Government which failed to properly consult Gippsland and the Latrobe Valley over its failed Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will now develop a “citizens’ assembly” to take over decision-making on the issue. The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has criticised Prime Mini... (24-Jul)
Source: Warren Truss, MP – Federal Member for Wide Bay, Warren Truss, has been advised of a $3,000 Federal Government grant to the Rotary Club of Maryborough Sunrise, to help publish a book on the First and Second World War servicemen whose names appear on the Maryborough Cenotaph. “S... (24-Jul)