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Julia Gillard’s lack of courage to stand up to the Greens is costing taxpayers billions. Labor wasted billions of dollars on school halls and pink batts, now they are wasting billions appeasing Bob Brown and the Greens: THE Labor government’s tenuous hold on power has already cost taxpayers almost $15 billion. Prime Minister Julia Gillard [...]
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Labor continues to annouce review after reviewto avoid making hard decisions, costing taxpayers millions of dollars along the way: THE government is suffering “paralysis by analysis” after ordering more than 250 reviews, discussion papers, inquiries and advisory boards in two years, the opposition claims. AusAID and cyber crime are subject to more than one review, [...]
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Media Release – Greg Hunt MP The Government’s crisis mini-budget has confirmed that Australians will be subject to another carbon tax advertising blitz. The Mid-Year Economic Fiscal Outlook outlines the multi-million dollar communications budgets for the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. This is on top of the $24 million already spent on advertising. [...]
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Joe Hockey – Media Release Australians deserve better than the chaos and confusion of four years of this Labor Government. Labor inherited an economy and a federal budget in good shape. The Coalition left Labor $45 billion in the bank. We delivered surpluses in 10 out of 12 budgets and left this government with a [...]
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The hidden costs of the carbon tax: A carbon price will add about $60 million to the cost of the Federal Government’s operations, and agencies are unlikely to be compensated for it. The Canberra Times analysed emissions from the bureaucracy and the military to estimate the budget hit they will face in 2012-13, when the [...]
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Despite talking tough on spending cuts, Labor continues to splurge on public opinion research: THE Gillard government spent a record $33 million on market research last financial year as it tried to capture public opinion on divisive issues such as the carbon tax, broadband, gambling and tobacco packaging. Analysis by The Australian of taxpayer-funded opinion polling [...]
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Seven News has revealed that just six Federal Departments spent $48 million on credit cards last financial year. The biggest spender was the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, which spent over $17 million. In addition, the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research spent $8.2 million. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry [...]
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