| 07/05/2013 - 2012 CEDA Annual Update |
The Coalition's agenda for superannuation (more...) |
| 06/02/2013 - Certainty and Stability in Superannuation |
There will be no unexpected detrimental changes to superannuation under a Coalition government (more...) |
| 02/08/2012 - 2012 Financial Services Council Annual Conference |
The Coalition's agenda for financial services (more...) |
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| 01/06/2012 - Australia as a Financial Services Hub - Keynote Address at the 2012 Annual Stockbrokers Conference |
| Australia has a world class financial system. We have a sophisticated, open, full-service, soundly regulated financial market. (more...) |
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| 04/08/2011 - 2011 Financial Services Council Annual Conference |
| The Coalition Perspective on Financial Services and Superannuation. (more...) |
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07/09/2009 -
Migration Amendment (Abolishing
Detention Debt) Bill 2009 - Second Reading |
| Our borders are
less secure today as a direct result of the actions taken by
the Rudd Labor government. So far the government has ended the
Pacific solution; abolished temporary protection visas, with
more than 1,000 people on temporary protection visas granted
permanent residency; and ended the 45-day rule.This bill is
another step in the wrong direction.
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| 25/06/2009 -
Labor's failure in health! |
| This government
have been an absolute failure when it comes to health. They
have not fixed public hospitals despite an unequivocal
pre-election commitment by the Prime Minister to do so by the
middle of 2009. They are putting additional pressure on public
hospitals through
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| 23/06/2009 -
Labor's flawed Emissions Trading Scheme
- Second Reading Speech |
| The Rudd
government’s proposed emissions trading scheme is deeply
flawed. If the government’s goal is to help reduce global
greenhouse gas emissions, it will not achieve that through its
ETS. It will not help reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
In fact, the Rudd government’s
(more...) |
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| 16/03/2009 -
No evidence RTD tax hike is working |
| This legislation,
the Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009
and a related bill, is asking the parliament to validate the
increased tax on ready-to-drinks and is a clear demonstration
that the Rudd Labor government does not believe in evidence
based policy.
(more...) |
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| 10/03/2009 -
Labor's no-more-work-choices Bill 2008 -
Second Reading Speech |
| Looking at the
Fair Work Bill 2008 it is very clear that this government does
not care about what is good or what is bad for the Australian
economy. This government does not care about what is good or
what is bad for jobs. This government does not care about
Australian working
(more...) |
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| 05/02/2009 -
Rudd Government $42 Billion ‘Stimulus’
Package |
| These are serious
times, of course, and serious times require serious action,
not just any action but serious action. I know that
politicians in the face of a crisis want to do something, they
want to be seen to be doing something, but just doing
‘something’, just to be seen to be doing
(more...) |
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| 03/02/2009 -
Faced with a global economic downturn,
Labor like rabbits in the headlight! |
| I rise to reflect
on the government’s management of the economy. When it comes
to managing the economy, we have a government that is
completely out of its depth. We have a government that has not
got a clue what it is doing. When faced with one of the most,
if not the most,
(more...) |
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| 03/12/2008 -
Flawed Emissions Trading Scheme ought to
be delayed
(Parliamentary Speech) |
| Confronted with
the realities of life and confronted with the realities of
life in government, government backbenchers are back-pedalling
at a rate of knots. If they keep going at this rate, in a
year’s time they will actually call for Australia to withdraw
from the Kyoto protocol.
(more...) |
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| 26/11/2008 -
Cooperative Federalism just a sham
(Parliamentary Speech) |
| If there was any
further proof required, today we got the conclusive evidence
that cooperative federalism is nothing more than a political
slogan. There is no substance to it. There is no commitment to
it. That became very clear if you listened to the partisan
political response
(more...) |
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| 11/11/2008 -
‘Banks should pass on cuts in interest
rates in full’
(Parliamentary Speech) |
| Australians are
entitled
to be extremely disappointed with our major banks and their
approach to interest rates, in particular their refusal to
pass on successive cuts in the official interest rates in
full. Small businesses and farmers in particular are entitled
to be very disappointed. They
(more...) |
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| 25/09/2008 -
Taking note of answers in question time
- Medicare Levy
(Parliamentary Speech) |
| We oppose the
Medicare levy surcharge measure because it is fundamentally
flawed. It was fundamentally flawed when it was first
announced in an organised leak three days before the budget.
It was fundamentally flawed when it was finally introduced on
budget night.
(more...) |
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| 25/09/2008 -
Excise Legislation Amendment
(Condensate) Bill 2008
(Parliamentary Speech) |
This Excise
Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008 is a lazy tax
grab by a lazy government desperate for cash to fund its
high-spending budget, and the people of Western
Australia are being asked to pay the bill. After the election
we were told for six to
(more...) |
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| 17/09/2008 -
Taking note of answers in question time
- Age Pension
(Parliamentary Speech) |
| The Rudd Labor
government do not care about pensioners. The Rudd Labor
government do not care about the cost-of-living pressures
faced by older Australians. If you want to find out what the
Rudd Labor government think about anything, do not listen to
what they say but watch
(more...) |
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| 15/09/2008 -
Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy
Surcharge Thresholds)
(Parliamentary Speech) |
The Tax Laws
Amendment (Medicare Levy Surcharge Thresholds) Bill 2008
demonstrates the
short-sightedness of this new Labor administration. At best,
this bill points to a government that does not understand the
flow-on implications of its actions. At worst, this is an
(more...) |
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| 02/09/2008 -
Ending the Blame Game? No, just a
Labor Conspiracy
(Parliamentary Speech) |
| Ending the blame
game has turned out to be nothing more and nothing less than a
huge comprehensive state and federal Labor cover-up. It is
nothing more and nothing less than a politically motivated
conspiracy of silence where the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd,
says
(more...) |
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| 25/06/2008 -
Broadband
(Parliamentary Speech) |
| I also rise to
take note of the answers by the Minister for Broadband,
Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. We had
a plan, a plan to ensure access to fast and affordable
broadband to 99 per cent of the Australian population—99 per
cent of Australian
(more...) |
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| 17/06/2008 -
Medicare Levy Surcharge
(Parliamentary Speech) |
| I also rise to
take note of the answer provided by Senator Ludwig. In his
answer today, the minister again tried to defend a bad public
policy decision by ignoring the facts and totally ignoring the
impact on our public hospitals. The challenge for any
government is to set
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| 16/06/2008 -
Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008
(Parliamentary Speech) |
| As a Liberal
senator for Western Australia I support the Wheat Export
Marketing Bill 2008 and what it sets out to achieve. I am
pleased that the government has taken on board many of the
issues and recommendations identified by the Senate inquiry
into this bill. Our leader,
(more...) |
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| 3/06/2008 -
Medicare Levy Surcharge
(Estimates Transcript) |
Senate Standing
Committee on Economics, Budget Estimates 2008 – 2009
Senator Cormann questions Mr Ray on the Rudd Government's
proposed changes to the Medicare levy surcharge thresholds.
(more...)
See also:
$2.7 billion less funding for hospital
treatment (media
release) |
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| 13/05/2008 -
Medicare Levy Surcharge
(Parliamentary Speech) |
| Today is the
moment of truth. It is the moment of truth for Labor and sadly
it is the moment of truth for the Australian people. Today is
the day when the Australian people will find out that Peter
Garrett was right when he said, ‘Once we get in, we’ll just
change it all.’
(more...) |
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| 17/03/2008 -
Tibet
(Parliamentary Speech) |
| I rise to support
the deep concerns expressed by previous speakers about the
current situation in Tibet and to express support for the
motion moved by Senator Brown and the comments made on behalf
of the opposition by Senator Payne and Senator Humphries.
(more...) |
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| 17/03/2008 -
Workplace Relations
(Parliamentary Speech) |
| I rise to put
forward both a Western Australian Liberal perspective on this
bill and the perspective of a participating member of the
Senate inquiry into the
(more...) |
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| 13/02/2008 -
National Apology
(Parliamentary Speech) |
|
Mr President, as a relatively new Australian the debate on the
apology is a difficult debate for me to be involved in. As I
said in my first speech in the Senate, I chose to become an
Australian.
(more...) |
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| 19/09/2007 -
Housing Affordability
(Parliamentary Speech) |
| I also rise to
take note of the answers given by Senator Scullion. Another
day in the Senate and another day of empty Labor Party
rhetoric. We on this side of the chamber take the pressures on
working families very seriously. That is why we are focused on
a strong economy, creating (more...) |
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| 18/09/2007 -
Workplace Relations
(Parliamentary Speech) |
| Today, at this
late hour, I would like to speak about the importance to the
Australian economy of a modern and flexible workplace
relations system (more...) |
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| 11/09/2007 -
Water Licence Fees
(Parliamentary Speech) |
| Just over a week
ago, I attended a meeting in Manjimup, together with the
Liberal candidate for Forrest, Nola Marino, with about 100
farmers and landowners. Nola Marino is another one of those
great Liberal Party candidates with a background in small
business (more...) |
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| 10/09/2007 -
UN Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples
(Parliamentary Speech) |
| Mr Acting Deputy
President, I also rise to contribute to this debate today. Let
me say at the outset that I support the view that the
Australian government should only support the adoption of the
proposed United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples if it is (more...) |
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| 15/08/2007 -
First speech
(Parliamentary Speech) |
| Thank you, Mr
President. Congratulations on your election as our President
and thank you for the advice and wisdom you have shared with
me in the short time we sat together in this chamber. My very
best wishes go to your distinguished predecessor and his
family. I have very (more...) |
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