Portfolio Media Releases, The Economy
Topics: Newspoll, Labor’s great big new tax on mining, impact on the budget if there is a mining tax back down.
E&OE
ALISON CARABINE:
Andrew Robb, good morning.
ANDREW ROBB:
Good morning, Alison.
ALISON CARABINE:
We’ll get to the mining tax in just a moment, but first to the Newspoll. I... (28-Jun)
Portfolio Media Releases, The Economy
Labor will have no alternative but to bring down an emergency mini-budget if it backs down on its great big new tax on mining.
Shadow Minister for Finance and Debt Reduction Andrew Robb said today that Wayne Swan's absurd claims at the G20 Summit that the Federal Budget is not dependent on the mini... (28-Jun)
Portfolio Media Releases, The Economy, Funding
A Coalition Government will introduce two significant reforms to ensure taxpayers get better value from their tax dollars, including the establishment of a new Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO).
The PBO will be independent and will enhance the transparency and accountability of the budget process a... (23-Jun)
Portfolio Media Releases, The Economy
Topics: Warwick McKibbin’s scathing attack on the Rudd Government’s economic management, Labor’s grubby political tactics.
E&OE
ANDREW ROBB:
I would just like to make some comments about observations reported overnight by Warwick McKibbin who is a prominent Australian economist and a very di... (23-Jun)
Portfolio Media Releases, The Economy
APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 1) 2010-2011
Consideration in Detail
June 2010
Finance and Deregulation Portfolio
Proposed expenditure, $668,590,000
Mr ANDREW ROBB (Goldstein) (4.33 pm) I am very grateful to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation for agreeing to turn up and answer a few questions. I... (22-Jun)
Portfolio Media Releases, Infrastructure
Today’s non-binding financial Heads of Agreement between NBN Co and Telstra shows how desperate Labor is to shore up its ill-thought-through NBN plan.
Labor is once again trying to solve a problem by throwing billions of dollars of taxpayers’ cash at it.
Today’s ‘announcement’ is designed to mask ... (21-Jun)
Portfolio Media Releases, Infrastructure
E & O E
SUBJECTS: Telstra/NBN announcement
SMITH:
The Federal Coalition has made it clear over many months that we believe Labor’s $43 billion National Broadband Network plan is reckless, risky and irresponsible. Nothing that has been said today alters our view. We all want to see better broa... (21-Jun)
Portfolio Media Releases, Infrastructure, The Economy
Topics: Labor’s reckless NBN proposal
E&OE
JON FAINE:
Andrew Robb, good morning to you.
ANDREW ROBB:
Good morning Jon.
JON FAINE:
Your party has been critical of the prospect of a deal. Now there is the reality of a deal, do you support what’s been done?
ANDREW ROBB:
No we don’t... (21-Jun)
Portfolio Media Releases, The Economy, Funding
A Coalition Government will cut out the state government middle man and fund councils directly, Shadow Minister for Finance and Debt Reduction, Andrew Robb, today told The National General Assembly of Local Government.
Delivering a speech on behalf of the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Robb said: “We... (17-Jun)
Portfolio Media Releases, The Economy
Topics: Labor’s great big new tax on mining, taxation reform, Kevin Rudd’s authority challenged
E&OE
ROSS GREENWOOD:
Shadow Finance Minister Andrew Robb with us now. Hello Andrew.
ANDREW ROBB:
G’day Ross, nice to be here.
ROSS GREENWOOD:
First things first, it does appear as though... (17-Jun)