SENATOR THE HON BRIDGET MCKENZIE SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEADER OF THE NATIONALS IN THE SENATE SENATOR FOR VICTORIA 6 January 2025 MEDIA RELEASE LABOR BACKFLIPS ON BRUCE HIGHWAY AFTER FUNDING CUTS COST LIVES The Albanese Labor Government is finally following the Coalition’s commitment to restore 80 per…
DetailsSpeech Australian Financial Review Infrastructure Summit Senator the Hon Bridget McKenzie Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Nationals Leader in the Senate Sofitel Sydney Wentworth November 11, 2024 Good morning. It is great to be at the AFR Infrastructure Summit once again. Amid the hyperbole and the noise of the US campaign, one…
DetailsThe Coalition today began debate on the Airline Passenger Protection (Pay on Delay) Bill to protect travelling Australians – who deserve an aviation industry where planes take off and land on time, and their bags arrive with them.
DetailsThe Queensland Government’s 60-day review into Olympic infrastructure planning has backed in what the Coalition has been saying for months – the Gabba redevelopment does not stack up.
DetailsThe Albanese Labor Government’s proposed family car and ute tax has been methodically demolished in just eleven pages by the nation’s peak association representing car drivers and consumers, the Australian Automobile Association. Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Senator Bridget McKenzie said Labor’s half-truths and deliberate omissions on their proposed carbon tax on…
DetailsAustralians deserve an aviation industry where planes take off and land on time, their bags arrive with them, and they are not left shouldering the costs associated with these service failures. That is why Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Senator Bridget McKenzie, and Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, Senator…
Details8% of flights cancelled or delayed (1,419 flights cancelled and 11,812 flights delayed) More than 1,400 flights were cancelled in January leaving tens of thousands of Australians scrambling to fix their travel plans. The Virgin group reported 633 cancellations and Qantas group (including Jetstar) reported 672 cancellations. Nearly thirty percent of flights were either cancelled…
DetailsThe Albanese Labor Government has finally responded to the Coalition initiated ‘Harris review’ after nearly two years of delays by Transport Minister Catherine King. While we are yet to see the detail, the Minister’s announcement falls short of the necessary reform that is needed to significantly improve cancellations and delays experienced by Australian travellers every…
DetailsThe cost of popular SUVs, utes and 4WDs will be forced up by thousands of dollars from next year to help the Albanese Government subsidise the price of individuals buying electric vehicles, according to car industry research released at the weekend. Industry analysis of Energy Minister Chris Bowen’s proposed New Vehicle Efficiency Standard predicts the…
DetailsPoor accountability and management of AirServices Australia is failing to provide travelling Australians with a safer, more affordable, and reliable aviation system. Appearing before Senate Estimates RRAT Committee today, Airservices Australia admitted that, despite having 948 air traffic controllers (ATC), just two ATC that took unplanned leave today caused hours of delays and cancellations across…
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