Portfolio Media Releases
Wayne Swan has no problems with 'rivers of gold', the real budget problem for Labor is they are drowning in 'rivers of waste'.
"While Wayne Swan is using all types of excuses for the major structural problems he is facing with the budget, including the Queensland floods and the Japanese ear... (20-Apr)
Portfolio Media Releases
Topics: Revolt against Labor’s carbon tax, Nielsen Poll, budget
E&OE
KIERAN GILBERT:
Mr Robb thanks for your time, the Coalition’s primary vote 47 per cent to Labor’s 31, do you agree with John Sturton that there wou... (18-Apr)
Portfolio Media Releases
ALEXANDRA KIRK:
And since the last poll, support for putting a price on carbon remains relatively unchanged but opposition has grown three points to 59 per cent.
Andrew Robb, the Opposition's finance spokesman, puts that down to Tony Abbott.
ANDREW ROBB:
We've now got, I think, a w... (18-Apr)
Portfolio Media Releases
Labor’s plan to slash $400 million in medical research funding in the upcoming budget is both anti-reform and at complete odds with Julia Gillard’s rhetoric about boosting productivity and workforce participation.
"The fact Labor ministers, including Finance Minister Penny Wong, are refusing to rul... (17-Apr)
Portfolio Media Releases
THE Gillard government's climate commissioner, Tim Flannery, has blown the whistle on both the futility and stupidity of Australia unilaterally introducing a carbon tax.
He has conceded that if the whole world shuts down all emissions tomorrow, we may not see any reduction in average globa... (05-Apr)
Portfolio Media Releases
The Federal Opposition says the Government has clearly set a figure of $30 a tonne carbon tax and it's deceived the public over the costs. Andrew Robb says Government's been sitting on its research and the way it's handling its policy is a disgrace. He also says many families and small business won'... (04-Apr)
Portfolio Media Releases
Outgoing RBA board members Donald McGauchie and Warwick McKibbin are to be congratulated for their major contributions to economic policy during challenging times.
“They brought rare experience and insight to the RBA board and more broadly have made invaluable contributions to the e... (29-Mar)
Portfolio Media Releases
Topics: Greens oppose company tax cuts from mining tax revenue
E&OE
ALEX KIRK:
As we heard earlier the Greens leader Bob Brown doesn’t fancy the idea of giving mining firms a company tax cut to soften the impost of the resources rent tax.
He says the Gr... (29-Mar)
Portfolio Media Releases
Topics: Carbon tax and tax summit.
E&OE
MARIUS BENSON:
Andrew Robb the government has begun filling out its plans on a carbon tax. It says there will be a carbon tax to encourage a cut in emissions, but households and pensioners will get tax cuts and welfare benefits;... (21-Mar)
Portfolio Media Releases
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Topics: Mental health, Gillard and Rudd at odds over Libyan no-fly zone.
E&OE
JON FAINE
Andrew Robb is a Liberal Party frontbencher, Shadow Minister for Finance and has also very publicly declared his battles with mental illness a... (11-Mar)