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Telstra and the Government's phone box failure hits Bruny Island
Thu, 23 Jul 2009
Senator David Bushby, Liberal Senator for Tasmania, today condemned the removal of critical phone services by Telstra from Bruny Island last week.
Last week State Leader of the Opposition, Will Hodgman, and Senator... Read more »
Labor's border protection policies to put thousands of lives at risk
Tue, 30 Jun 2009
Since the Rudd Government softened Australia’s border protection policies in August last year, 23 boats with over 1,000 unauthorised arrivals on board have arrived. Indonesian authorities are now warning of a huge... Read more »
Senate establishes inquiry into bungled bank guarantee
Mon, 29 Jun 2009
Liberal Senator for Tasmania and Chair of the Coalition Economics Policy Committee, David Bushby, last week moved a reference to the Senate’s Economics References Committee to inquire into the current state of and... Read more »
Sturges has not met with the Federal Government and has no new money
Wed, 17 Jun 2009
The Federal Government failed to deny that Tasmanian Infrastructure Minister Graeme Sturges has not yet spoken to the Federal Government about Tasmania’s rail disaster, Senator David Bushby said today.
During... Read more »
Superannuation questions left unanswered
Mon, 15 Jun 2009
Questions on scaling back of Super Co-contribution Scheme left unanswered
No answers on nomination of default funds in ‘modern awards’
Senator David Bushby has expressed his concerns over the... Read more »
Roxon incorrect on Private Health Insurance Rebate Inquiry attendance
Tue, 9 Jun 2009
Health Minister Nicola Roxon has today accused Coalition members of a Senate Committee hearing a Senate Inquiry into the Government’s proposed means testing of the Private Health Insurance rebate, of failing to... Read more »
Labor Debt and Labor Unemployment to hit Tasmanians hard
Mon, 18 May 2009
“Labor’s $188 billion debt bomb budget reveals that there will soon be 1,000,000 Australians without jobs,” Senator David Bushby said.
Recent jobless figures in Tasmania showed that a higher... Read more »
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