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Henry Review ignores Tasmania Sunday, 16 May 2010 12:04
“It’s typical of Labor’s lazy Federal representation that the Henry Tax Review all but ignored Tasmania,” says Senator Eric Abetz. “Out of 13 focus groups, none were held in Tasmania.”
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Taxpayers lose millions because of Julia Gillard's failure to stop opportunistic union strikesSaturday, 15 May 2010 12:40
“In December last year I asked if Julia Gillard was incapable of reaching the same conclusion as striking postal workers who eventually called off their strike because it was deemed inappropriate opportunistic behaviour at Christmas time”. “There was stony silence from the Deputy Prime Minister at the time and now it has been revealed that the strike action by the CEPU, which Julia Gillard refused to condemn, has cost the Australian Taxpayer 2.3 million dollars in lost revenue”.
Budget writes off over 75,000 unemployed AustraliansWednesday, 12 May 2010 15:09
Labor’s all spin and no substance budget has delivered a slap in the face to more than 75000 unemployed Australians. Wayne Swan’s breathless announcement in last night’s no frills budget stating that unemployment rates will fall under Labor by 2012 to ‘so called’ full employment of 4.75% falls way short of the mark.
Labor's $10,000,000.00 Gift to Union MatesWednesday, 12 May 2010 14:30
Labor’s big taxing, big spending budget has been given the ‘big tick’ by unions and it is no surprise why. Buried in Labor’s budget papers is a $10 million dollar “grant” to a so-called “Trade Union Education Foundation” to fund union bosses and their efforts to campaign for Labor at the forthcoming election.
Budget Confirms Modern Award MessWednesday, 12 May 2010 13:50
Labor’s big taxing; big spending budget provides an embarrassing confirmation that Julia Gillard’s so called “Modern Award” laws are a mess of confusion and uncertainty. Budget documents have revealed that over $85 million dollars will need to be spent to try and cover up the modern award mess caused by Labor’s ‘Fair Work’ laws.
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Speech Parliament - Senate Chamber 10/5/2010Wednesday, 12 May 2010 09:05
Senator Abetz :Trust is the key currency of politics, and unless you can be trusted to honour that to which you've committed to do, then, I've got to say, you're not going to obtain the enduring respect of the Australian people. Those prophetic words were spoken by no other than the Labor leader himself on 29 February 2008, some two years ago. Put simply, the Australian people no longer trust Labor, because Labor has not honoured the people of Australia by keeping its promises. Indeed, Labor discards its solemn promises as easily as we discard our used tissues: it spares them not another thought. The list of broken promises, this shameful record, must surely be vying for a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. Who else could recklessly make so many inflated promises inflated both in number and actual size and then so dismissively walk away from them other than Labor, led by the promise-making, promise-breaking duo of Mr Rudd and Ms Gillard and, might I add, every single Labor member and senator in this place?
Tasmania: Nothing Asked For, Nothing DeliveredTuesday, 11 May 2010 20:47
TASMANIA has been left off the map in the Rudd Government’s last Budget before the election, the Tasmanian Liberal Senate Team said tonight. “Once again Labor has shown contempt for Tasmanian voters, again failing to allocate meaningful, additional funding to the State,” Senator Eric Abetz, speaking on behalf of the Tasmanian Liberal Senate Team, said.
Julia Raises White Flag on Take Home PayFriday, 07 May 2010 09:15
The fact that Ms Gillard has been forced to introduce regulations to protect workers’ take home pay is a clear admission of failure of her modern award process which has left tens of thousands of Australian workers worse off. This is in direct breach of her election promise that no Australian worker would be worse off.
Labor ignores Working FamiliesWednesday, 05 May 2010 10:53
The Government has been forced to admit that it didn’t even bother to consult with the Office of Work & Family before implementing its so-called ‘modern awards’. Responding to questions I asked in Senate Estimates, The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has now revealed that, “The office of Work and Family did not provide any input to Fair Work Australia in relation to the development of modern awards”.
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