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Budget 2009 - Nothing but Debt for Tasmanians
Tue, 12 May 2009
Every Tasmanian will be lumped with $9000 of debt and $500 of interest per year as a result of Labor’s reckless spending Budget deficit.
“To make matters worse, of the $8.2 billion promised for roads, rail... Read more »
Further Qantas jobs at risk under CPRS
Wed, 15 Apr 2009
Qantas has now slashed 1750 jobs nationwide. With up to 400 Qantas workers based in Tasmania the governments ill conceived Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), could further jeopardise Tasmanian jobs in these tough... Read more »
Rudd targets families under proposed Budget cuts
Thu, 2 Apr 2009
Tasmanian families look set to suffer under Prime Minister Rudd’s latest cost-cutting, according to media reports.
The proposed means testing of the Medicare Safety Net scheme would see pregnant women paying... Read more »
Jetstar: a sign of things to come?
Wed, 25 Mar 2009
Jetstar has now slashed all of its remaining Tasmanian jobs. Tasmanian Senator David Bushby has repeatedly expressed his concerns regarding the abandoning of regional Australia by the airline companies.
“The... Read more »
Labor members break ranks on Greenhouse gas targets
Fri, 20 Mar 2009
Senator David Bushby has today called on the Prime Minister to condemn as reckless the recommendation of a Majority Report tabled today in the Senate recommending that "the Australian Government be willing to adopt a... Read more »
Senate sends House a message on Reserve Bank
Thu, 19 Mar 2009
Tasmanian Liberal Senator David Bushby, through a motion in the Senate, today highlighted yet another example of the Rudd government’s empty grandstanding following its failure to consider the Reserve Bank... Read more »
Senior Australians first casualty of Labor's debt train
Thu, 19 Mar 2009
Tasmanian Liberal Senator David Bushby will oppose the Rudd Government’s legislation to strip 22,000 senior Australians of their entitlement to the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card.“At a time when many... Read more »
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