BY ANDREW MILLER 03 Dec, 2014 10:06 AM FEDERAL NATIONAL MP’s have played down claims the Victorian election was a poor result for the party. The party had retained Morwell and had not conceded defeat over David O'Briens Upper House seat of Western Victoria. Mallee MP Andrew Broad said the election result was just…
DetailsMEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 3 December Australia’s national industry association for private tertiary education, the Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET), said today that the defeat of the Higher Education Reforms in the Senate is a major blow for low SES and regional students across Australia. Broadening government supported places to non-university higher education…
DetailsMEDIA RELEASE 3 December 2014 RUN urges the Senate to pass the new Higher Education and Research Reform Bill early in 2015. The Chair of the Regional Universities Network (RUN), Professor Peter Lee, said that the new bill introduced in the House of Representatives today shows that many of the issues raised by RUN have…
DetailsSenator McKENZIE (Victoria) (16:37): It grieves me but I am glad to actually participate in this ridiculous debate where, once again, the Labor Party trots out its tired lines—although I am quite excited about some of the adjectives those opposite have chosen to throw into today's motion. But I think it is actually merely disguising…
DetailsSenator McKENZIE (Victoria) (18:12): I rise tonight to speak on the report from the Select Committee on Australia's Food Processing sector, for which the government response was handed down this week. As a representative of rural and regional Australia, it was a pleasure to work on this select committee with Senator Colbeck, Senator Xenophon and…
DetailsThe Victorian Labor Party led by Daniel Andrews was today, in the Australian senate, challenged to sever ties with corrupt unions and their slush funds. Victorian-based Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie today in Question Time asked Employment Minister, Eric Abetz, about the federal government's legislation to ensure transparency to the governance of trade unions and so-called…
DetailsNationals Senator Bridget McKenzie has written to ABC Board Chairman Jim Spigelman criticising the cuts to ABC rural and regional services. The ABC revealed on Monday that over 400 people will lose their jobs as a result of Federal Government funding cuts. Amongst a number of sweeping changes, five regional radio stations will be closed,…
DetailsSenator McKENZIE (Victoria) (16:33): I rise to speak on this matter of public importance. A vote for the state Coalition Government on Saturday in Victoria will deliver strong environmental policies to address climate change and safeguard natural resources in Victoria. What we have before us is proof from the Greens that they struggle to understand…
DetailsSenator McKENZIE (Victoria) (17:26): I am very proud to rise to speak to the government's response to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee report Teaching and Learning—Maximising our investment in Australian schools. I was one of the senators, with Senator Back and others, who contributed to this report. As Senator Back's contribution…
Details*This letter was posted on this website with the permission of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA).* 25 November 2014 James Spigelman AC QC Chairman (ABC Board) ABC Ultimo Centre GPO Box 9994 SYDNEY NSW 2001 Dear Mr Spigelman, ABC's Bush Telegraph Program I write in relation to the recently announced cuts to the ABC…
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