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AUSTRALIA'S gross foreign debt, taking into account both the public and private sectors, is more than $1.232 trillion. The net foreign debt is about $638 billion. It is one of the highest net debt to gross domestic product ratios in the developed world. As Treasury official David Gruen told a Senate estimates committee recently, it is higher... more
Written by: John Cobb, MP Over the last week my office in Orange has received dozens of phone calls, emails and visits from residents of the region all with one big concern. The phone and email traffic has been similar in my office in Canberra, again with the same big concern. The issue of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, known otherwise as BSE... more
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Nationals Leader and Federal Member for Wide Bay, Warren Truss, has called on the Queensland Labor Government to release its list of hospitals that would be for... more
The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Tony Burke, must recant or resign after telling this week’s Outlook Conference that Australia used “bogus ... more
Before the last election Kevin Rudd was talking tough on border protection promising he would turn back the boats. Since Labor was elected, not one boat has bee... more
A planned visit by the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, to flood hit St George in Queensland has been cancelled. Local authorities say that it is likely that the... more