Senator Eric Abetz

Federal Labor funding of cancer services to Tasmania was slashed by $29 million in a deal between Federal and State Labor, it has been revealed at Senate Estimates to the Tasmanian Liberal Senate Team.

Under questioning by Tasmanian Liberal Senator Eric Abetz on behalf of the Tasmanian Liberal Senate Team, the Health Department acknowledged Tasmania had sought funding of $47 million and was told by Federal Labor to resubmit an application for $29 million less.

The Coalition welcomes the fact that Australian workers have received a pay rise.

We note that the increase is at the higher end of expectations and trust that this won’t have a negative effect on jobs.

Labor’s 38 million dollar taxpayer funded advertising campaign has descended into farce after it’s been revealed that nobody on the other end of Labor’s publicised hotline information number has any information about the proposed mining tax.

Labor have expelled so much hot air over recent days attempting to justify their reasoning for squandering millions of dollars of taxpayer money on their information campaign on the premise that it was a national emergency and the Australian people needed to be urgently informed about so called misinformation.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has made a startling admission, under questioning in Senate Estimates that, unbelievably, his office is unable to provide definitive advice to small business owners.

Fair Work Ombudsman, Nicolas Wilson, responding to a question from Shadow Workplace Relations Minister, Senator Eric Abetz, indicted that that any advice the Ombudsman’s office was able to give, if at all, is guidance, as opposed to advice that could be relied upon.