http://www.liberal.org.au/info/news/rss.xml Liberal Party of Australia, latest news RSS feed. en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:22:54 EST Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:22:54 EST scott@cadzow.com.au (Scott Cadzow) scott@cadzow.com.au (Scott Cadzow) http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1489 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1489 What Mr Rudd has announced yesterday in relation to education is existing law. And the real challenge for Mr Rudd is that, given 2008 is the last year that the states have to comply, will he now withhold funding from those state government and non-government schools that do not comply? Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:48:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1490 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1490 The Rudd Government has received the worst rating of any Government in Australia in the latest Sensis Business Index for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:58:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1491 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1491 According to the August Sensis Business Index, business confidence has fallen to its lowest level since 1993, when the survey first started. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:57:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1481 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1481 There is a new survey out today, the Sensis Business Index, which is the most authoritative survey on small and medium enterprises. And it shows that small business confidence in the Rudd Government has collapsed to the lowest level ever and the Rudd Government is now the one government in Australia in which small business has the least confidence. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:23:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1473 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1473 Over nine months, Mr Rudd has focussed on spin and media stunts and conducted over 150 reviews, rather than making tough decisions to keep our economy strong and help Australians with cost of living pressures. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:10:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1474 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1474 Kevin Rudd must take responsibility for the dramatic decline in consumer confidence rather than blame it entirely on overseas events. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:05:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1492 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1492 Liberal frontbencher Helen Coonan today questioned the Rudd Government over its approach to pension payment levels, following the Prime Minister’s admission yesterday that Australians are now doing it tougher financially than they were last November. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:57:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1487 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1487 Comments on the approval today of a motion for a Senate inquiry into the urgent provision of water to the Coorong and Lower Lakes: The Coalition was very happy to support the Senate inquiry. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:05:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1475 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1475 We’re also in an environment where the Government says that it’s fighting inflation, although I note that in the 12 months that it will have been in government the inflation is forecast to go from 3.6 to 5 per cent. How do any of these tax increases on cars, on software, alcohol and a variety of other things help you fight inflation? Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:30:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1480 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1480 Kevin Rudd's National Press Club speech today demonstrated just how out of touch he has become in just 9 months. When questioned on increasing unemployment, Kevin Rudd failed to outline Labor's plans to assist the 100,000 Australians who the Reserve Bank predicts will lose their jobs in the next 12 months Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:30:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1477 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1477 In Question Time today Wayne Swan attempted to dismiss the collapse in consumer confidence in Australia by comparing the situation to that in other economies. But in each of the countries he identified - Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Canada - the economy is weaker but the decline in consumer confidence less than in Australia. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:29:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1482 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1482 Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Ageing and the Voluntary Sector, Mark Coulton, has praised the invaluable contribution made by Australia’s Meals on Wheels volunteers to the nation's aged and disabled residents Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:23:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1479 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1479 The Rudd Labor Government has no new ideas for the future of education in Australia announcing nothing more today than the copying of the Coalition's policies and legislation. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:06:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1485 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1485 The decision by Labor members of the Senate Economics Committee to release a biased interim report into the FuelWatch scheme is an indication of the Government’s increasing desperation, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, and Economics Committee member, Senator Eric Abetz said today. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:55:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1484 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1484 Industry Minister Senator Kim Carr today showed his lack of understanding about the impact of the Luxury Car Tax on the Australian automotive industry by repeatedly citing the wrong figure as the LCT threshold, and falsely claiming the tax was introduced in 2000. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:49:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1494 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1494 The Australian community is demanding to know what the Rudd Government's 'must have' requirements are for any proponent wanting $4.7 billion of taxpayer funding. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:22:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1488 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1488 The Rudd Labor Government has today again declined to deny reports that the sky marshal program is being slashed, said Shadow Transport Minister, Warren Truss. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:05:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1486 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1486 The crisis in the nation's food bowl barely rated a mention in Prime Minister Rudd's vision for Australia's future at his address to the National Press Club today. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:55:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1483 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1483 The Government made a mistake in cutting the funding for 25 nursing schools and is now scrambling as their alternative programme fails. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:49:00 EST http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1493 http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1493 The Minister for Ageing has today proven that she is out of touch and out of her depth when it comes to the important ageing portfolio. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:02:00 EST