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Senator Sherry confirms Government backing away from its CPRS
Thu, 11 Mar 2010
In question time today, Senator Nick Sherry stated in response to a Dorothy dixer question on parental leave from a Government Senate backbencher, that ‘the last thing Australia needs is a big new tax’.... Read more »
Keep the ban on importing beef from countries which have had Mad Cow Disease
Wed, 24 Feb 2010
Liberal Senator for Tasmania, David Bushby, has raised concerns about the decision by Rudd Labor to lift the ban on imported beef from countries which have had BSE outbreaks from the 1st of March 2010 could put... Read more »
Swan Must Rule Out Kaiser Interference in Tasmanian Election
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Following revelations last week of the appointment of Mike Kaiser to a highly paid position with the National Broadband Network (NBN), Mr Swan must today rule out any role for the former Labor strategist in the... Read more »
ASIC - are taxpayers going to be the loser again with Fortescue metals?
Fri, 5 Feb 2010
Liberal Senator and Chair of the Coalition Economics Committee, David Bushby, today again called into question ASIC’s approach to prudence in spending taxpayers’ funds when prosecuting alleged breaches of... Read more »
Swan Leaves Tasmanian Motorists in Tax Confusion
Wed, 13 Jan 2010
Opposition Economics Committee Chairman, Liberal Senator for Tasmania David Bushby, today called on Wayne Swan to stop floating bubbles from the Henry Tax Review after the latest leaks which could seem Tasmanian... Read more »
ASIC - taxpayers the biggest loser again after Fortescue debacle
Thu, 24 Dec 2009
Liberal Senator and Chair of the Coalition Economics Committee, David Bushby, today again called into question ASIC’s regard for the rights of individuals and its approach to and prudence in spending... Read more »
Common Ground hard to find
Mon, 21 Dec 2009
Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate and Liberal Senator for Tasmania, David Bushby, today queried the bona fides of the group calling themselves ‘Our Common Ground’.
Traditionally, the fight over timber... Read more »
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