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Carbon Copy – Strange Coincidences Wednesday, 02 November 2011 19:20
“What an amazing coincidence, the Greens and GetUp! both published messages online this morning pre-empting the Government’s announcement that the Carbon Tax Bills will be fast tracked for a final vote next Tuesday in the Senate,” Senator Abetz said today. “This is more than three weeks before the scheduled final deadline for the vote.”
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Yes, the Greens are WatermelonsWednesday, 02 November 2011 14:07
“The Greens hijacking of the Legal and Constitutional References Committee with the support of their Labor Alliance partners have shown their true colours, they are watermelons, green on the outside and red on the inside,” Senator Abetz said today. “Senator Brown needs to explain if he still believes that the number one issue his Party stands for is the environment or, as evidenced by their pursuit of the Chairmanship of the Legal and Constitutional References Committee, the Greens have turned their sights on social engineering.”
Transcript - Interview with Lyndal Curtis ABC24 - 1 November 2011Wednesday, 02 November 2011 08:11
Lyndal Curtis: Senator Abetz welcome to News 24. When did you know of the Qantas plans to lock out its workforce and ground its entire fleet? Senator Abetz: I thought you might ask that question, so I’ve checked with my staff and it was at 4:24 on Saturday afternoon.
Revelations Expose Grounding could have been avoidedTuesday, 01 November 2011 15:21
Qantas' confirmation that it would not have grounded the airline if the Government had used section 431 of the Fair Work Act to terminate the dispute proves the Government is to blame for the airline's weekend grounding. Labor had 3 hours' warning and could have quickly moved to use section 431 to terminate the action and which would have avoided the whole debacle.
Nothing could be clearer: Labor sought and obtained a mandate from the Australian people not to impose a Carbon TaxMonday, 31 October 2011 15:58
“The Clean Energy Bill 2011 and related bills, if they are turned into Acts, should they pass in the Senate will be 19 separate acts of deceit, 19 separate acts of betrayal, 19 separate acts signifying the contempt in which Labor holds the Australian people,” Senator Abetz said today. “Rather than debating the clean energy package, we should in fact be renaming it the 'dirty deal package' because it was struck with a dirty deal with the Australian Greens, a party, incidentally, led by a person who once advocated for coal-fired power stations in his opposition to renewable, environmentally friendly hydro generation.”
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Time for Labor to Muscle Up on QantasFriday, 28 October 2011 12:58
News today that the Qantas rolling strikes have already cost the company alone $68 million is deeply troubling. More clearly needs to be done. One can only wonder what the total cost is to the Australian economy. These strikes will continue to cost Qantas $15 million per week and to put this into context, the Ash Cloud only cost $49 million. If Qantas is feeling the pain, heaven help the small businesses and the tourism sector who have been, and will continue to be hit even harder.
Evans should silence SterleFriday, 28 October 2011 12:21
Labor backbencher Senator Glenn Sterle’s ‘bull in a china shop’ approach towards to workplace relations may have been in vogue while he was a trade union official but should have no place in today’s modern IR environment. His inflammatory comments that Mr Joyce should resign is at best unhelpful and at worst will make the situation that is hurting many Australians, small businesses and the tourism sector worse. One would have hoped that Senator Sterle would have looked beyond his trade union antecedence and thought of the national interest.
Giudice has Served the Nation WellFriday, 28 October 2011 10:13
Justice Giudice will be retiring in February with the good will and high regard of all stakeholders in the workplace relations area. His Presidency of Fair Work Australia and the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (its predecessor) has been exemplary. He was appointed to the bench because of the high regard in which he was held as an advocate. He enhanced that high regard during his service to the nation on the bench and as the President.
Hypocrisy, Waste, Mismanagement, Secret Propaganda Units, Sleeping Classes, Chair Slippage, and Camel Flatulence - Senate Estimates – In Case You Missed ItFriday, 21 October 2011 13:01
"The overwhelming theme emerging from this week's Supplementary Budget Estimates is how Labor's gross mismanagement has now infected the whole of Government," The Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Senator Eric Abetz said today.
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