Media Releases - Shadow Minister for Defence


9th March 2010	Extravagant waste proves Combet needs to focus on Defence
4th March 2010	Nelson's Super Hornet purchase vindicated
25th February 2010	All Talk and No Action
18th February 2010	Navy should apologise immediately
11th February 2010	A sad day for military justice
10th February 2010	Govt backs down from Chinese contract
10th February 2010	Pay roll mistakes are rife in Defence
26th November 2009	JSF costs set to blow out to $30 - $40 billion
21st October 2009	HMAS success scandal: navy justice is flawed
21st October 2009	Sailors' lives at risk put at by Labor's failed border protection policy
21st October 2009	Submarine fleet in crisis
20th October 2009	Navy has let down "sex scandal" sailors
11th September 2009	Review on base security - where is it?
17th August 2009	No subs for trainees hinders recruitment drive
20th July 2009	Death of Private Benjamin Ranaudo
1st July 2009	Local defence industry under threat with vague capability plan
16th June 2009	Submarine capability in doubt
3rd June 2009	CDF gets grilled over food for Aussie troops
3rd June 2009	Keeping defence costs secret not good enough
29th May 2009	Pointless defence probe nets predictable result
19th May 2009	A white paper and a Federal budget but still no defence costings
13th May 2009	Defence numbers don't add up
8th May 2009	Minister doesn't get it
7th May 2009	Spying probe findings should be released
2nd May 2009	Defence White Paper
1st May 2009	A long wait for a decent meal
29th April 2009	Additional troops for Afghanistan
8th April 2009	Submarines: Minister missing in action again
7th April 2009	Defence inquiry a futile exercise
1st April 2009	SAS soldiers face debts and uncertainty
31st March 2009	Publicly release findings of the SAS audit
30th March 2009	Rudd has some questions to answer on his return
27th March 2009	Defence Minister gets yet another chance
26th March 2009	Fitzgibbon can no longer work with department
20th March 2009	Death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan
17th March 2009	Death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan
13th March 2009	Anger in Labor ranks over sas pay bungle understandable
12th March 2009	Australia needs to stump up in Afghanistan
3rd March 2009	Global Hawk project cancellation a false economy
25th February 2009	"I get a little bit confused….."
24th February 2009	Computer says no
16th January 2009	Saluting the heroism of trooper Mark Donaldson VC
19th December 2008	Rescue mission reinforces our Navy's worth
17th December 2008	Defence cut backs - Another Rudd broken promise
16th December 2008	Cap off the year by saying 'yes' to JSF
15th December 2008	Minister for Defence - Asleep at the wheel again
8th December 2008	Navy is on Christmas holidays - come on down!
4th December 2008	Rudd's 'nothing' announcement will not stop people smugglers
3rd December 2008	Border security - What is the government saying?
28th November 2008	Death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan
18th November 2008	Navy closed for business over summer
6th November 2008	Defence Minister lets down SAS soldiers - again
22nd October 2008	Bonus scheme sinks morale on submarines
22nd October 2008	Dodging bullets and bureaucrats
21st October 2008	Minister finally in step on Afghanistan
16th October 2008	Rudd and his Defence Minister now openly at odds over Afghanistan
7th October 2008	Minister's comments on Taliban contradict PM
7th October 2008	ADF to demonstrate capabilities in Exercise Bersama Lima
2nd October 2008	Another achievement from Australian special forces in Afghanistan
25th September 2008	A new tax on Western Australia
25th September 2008	Full disclosure on intelligence leak
24th September 2008	Mortimer review a good start, but we're still waiting for action on joint strike fighter
23rd September 2008	Delay on air combat decision becoming harmful

Media Releases - Archive to 22 September 2008 as Shadow Minister for Resources and Energy, Tourism


19th September 2008	Clean Coal announcement more to do with trying to impress UN
18th September 2008	WA enters a new era in mining
18th September 2008	Senator Chris Ellison - a distinguished career
16th September 2008	Once again Western Australia is open for business
9th September 2008	Uranium - Rudd and Carpenter just don't get it
3rd September 2008	In 8 years Labor's done nothing in Balgo Hills
1st September 2008	Labor's uranium puzzle
28th August 2008	Bishop, Ellison, Johnston, Keenan, Cormann, Eggleston Doorstop - Woodside, tax on condensate
28th August 2008	Tax on gas has Minister dazed and confused
28th August 2008	Carpenter can run but he can't hide
26th August 2008	Halt on shale oil not in national interest
22nd August 2008	Why Carpenter sat on Sanderson Report
22nd August 2008	Damming report on ETS prompts calls for release of Treasury figures
20th August 2008	More contradictions from Labor on Uranium
25th July 2008	Don't hide the truth Mr Rudd
11th July 2008	Labor needs to pull in stubborn states on uranium
4th July 2008	Carbon tax needs to fund CO2 capture
2nd July 2008	Don't sideline energy needs in emissions trading

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Address

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