Portfolio Media Releases, The Economy, Community, Funding
People interested in today’s economic debate should be prepared for a barrage of Labor falsehoods and spin as Wayne Swan tries to defend his poor fiscal record by attacking everyone else.
Here are some robotic Labor messages, phrases and inane repetition you will hear from Wayne Swan – and their re... (09-Aug)
Portfolio Media Releases, The Economy, Community, Funding
Wayne Swan has failed to check his facts before rushing to incorrectly claim a contradiction by the Coalition on spending measures.
Today at the National Press Club Mr Hockey provided a total expenditure figure including the mining tax.
On AM this morning, Mr Abbott was specifically asked about th... (09-Aug)
Portfolio Media Releases, The Economy, Community, Funding
Helen Dalley:
And so the campaign is neck and neck, which is why Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott wound up in Queensland today. With the polls tightening, the Prime Minister is repeating her mantra that she’s in the fight of her life. The Liberal Party, which had been celebrating a surge i... (07-Aug)
Portfolio Media Releases, The Economy, Community, Funding
Prior to the last election Labor submitted just 32 policies for costing before the cut-off date and a shameful 123 after the cut-off. This included the submission of 104 policies within just three working days of the election.
The Coalition will be submitting all our policies for costing under the ... (06-Aug)
Portfolio Media Releases, The Economy, Community, Funding
Julia Gillard has refused to acknowledge the pending financial disaster of the Cash for Clunkers “Pink Batts on Wheels” scheme.
This morning on ABC 774 Julia Gillard was quizzed about the widespread criticism of the scheme and she refused to answer the question - instead replying that Labor had cos... (06-Aug)
Portfolio Media Releases, The Economy, Community, Funding
Topics: Labor’s debt, Wayne Swan not knowing interest repayments on Labor’s borrowings, Julia Gillard’s untruths about Coalition company tax plan.
E&OE
ANDREW ROBB:
I’d just like to make a few comments about the economy and the economic competence of the Government. There’s no doubt that the... (06-Aug)
Portfolio Media Releases, The Economy
Kevin Rudd’s reappearance today is Labor’s third panic driven ploy in six weeks.
First, Kevin Rudd was assassinated by Labor’s faceless men. Julia Gillard took control.
After the ‘old Julia’ crashed and burned Labor’s backroom boys created and relaunched the ‘real Julia’.
Today, a recoverin... (05-Aug)
Portfolio Media Releases, The Economy
In a breathtaking display of economic incompetence Treasurer Wayne Swan was today either unable or unwilling to confirm the fact that Labor is borrowing $81 million a week in order to pay the interest on its net debt of $89.4 billion.
Everybody knows if you start to borrow to pay the interest on yo... (05-Aug)
Portfolio Media Releases, The Economy, Funding, Personal
The wheels are already beginning to fall off the Cash for Clunkers “Pink Batts on Wheels” scheme with the Departments of Treasury and Finance discovering a $31 million blow out in costs.
Labor is trying to squib the blow out by saying they have changed the “profile of expenditure” but “not changed ... (04-Aug)
Portfolio Media Releases, The Economy
The Coalition will eliminate Labor’s budget deficit in 2012/13, and deliver a surplus in that year.
Labor will never deliver a budget surplus because of its addiction to reckless spending.
Coalition performance assumes that the forecasts and assumptions being put forward by the current Labor Gover... (04-Aug)