Media Room
More Lame Excuses - Labor must disclose Thomson legal costs now Thursday, 17 May 2012 14:54
“The latest explanation for calls made by Craig Thomson to escort agencies, namely that it was phone “spoofing” or “hacking”, would not explain how phone calls were made from his hotel room and appeared on his hotel bills, let alone how they appeared on his mobile phone bills, or coincided with credit card transactions,” Senator Abetz said today. “I look forward to Mr Thomson’s detailed explanation to the Parliament next week, but I think it’s fair to say that so far at face value these sorts of excuses or theories just simply don’t hold water.”
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The Foundations of Successful Conservative Policy: The Wise and Foolish BuildersSaturday, 28 April 2012 10:11
Address to the Mainstream Policy Forum, Sydney Introduction ‘…the wise man built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall because it had its foundations on the rock… The foolish man … built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose and the winds blew and beat against that house and it fell with a great crash.
Pontville Cost Blow-Out to $45 million and RisingWednesday, 16 May 2012 16:08
The six month Pontville Detention Centre has cost taxpayers a devastating $45 million to the end of January 2012 with the total cost expected to blow out to over $50 million. “The waste and incompetence that was the Pontville Detention Centre has ballooned out to levels that I find hard to believe,” Senator Abetz said today.
Just Another Day in Paradise – The Union Boss WonderlandTuesday, 01 May 2012 09:35
JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE – THE UNION BOSS WONDERLAND ADDRESS TO THE AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY GROUP PIR CONFERENCE, CANBERRA Introduction Just imagine, getting paid to go to the gym, followed by having a relaxing massage followed by a shower. Well you won't need to imagine for much longer. Thanks to the union bosses and the Fair Work Act those days might not be that far away. So, Innes, I think you applied for the wrong job albeit I for one congratulate you and wish you well on this, your first official day on the ground.
Oliver’s TwistWednesday, 16 May 2012 11:05
“Newly elected ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver’s plan to force union members to pay even “more” for another union slush fund is yet a further example of the same type of slush fund which helped ‘the Artful Dodger’, Craig Thomson, in Dobell,” Senator Abetz said today. “Mr Oliver’s request for funds from his members to campaign against the Coalition without telling us what he is actually campaigning for, other than to get more union officials into the Parliament, confirms that this is nothing but a political levy.”
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"Where we Stand" - Address to the Workplace Relations Policy ForumSunday, 29 April 2012 16:30
"Where we Stand" Workplace relations in Australia has been front and centre in the media in recent months. From Craig Thomson to Asciano and from Qantas to George Calombaris – with the problems of the Fair Work Act coming to the surface. I have no doubt that more problems will emerge in coming months.
“Blind Freddy” knew that…JuliaTuesday, 15 May 2012 13:17
“Paul Howes, one of Julia Gillard’s strongest backers, has belled the cat with his comments today confirming that Labor has handled the Craig Thomson scandal differently than it otherwise would in a desperate attempt to cling onto power,” Senator Abetz said today. “Mr Howes’ comments reflect the view that if it wasn’t for the fact that Julia Gillard and Labor are hanging by a thread in minority Government then the Prime Minister would most likely have dumped Mr Thomson months ago.”
Transcript - Senate Chamber - 14 March 2012Wednesday, 14 March 2012 09:15
What a pitiful contribution we have just witnessed from the Leader of the Australian Greens. He spoke about anything and everything but why he and the Australian Greens are going to contribute to this ruthless guillotining of 16 pieces of legislation. Senator Brown can talk and talk and talk as much as he likes, but he used all of his time without once seeking to justify why the democratic process of this chamber should be curtailed; why 16 bills should be guillotined and why some of those bills should be dealt with without a single word of debate being spoken. This is because, let us make no mistake, some of these bills will only have 10 minutes allocated to them.
Win for Commonsense in Students DecisionFriday, 11 May 2012 10:54
The Federal Court’s dismissing of the SDA’s appeal on the school-kids case this morning is a victory for commonsense said Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Senator Eric Abetz. This decision upholds Fair Work Australia’s decision to allow students who want to work after school to be able to do so with the minimum engagement period in the retail award brought back to 1.5 hours. This allows students to finish school at 3.30 pm and work before a business closes at 5.30pm.
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