Labor Waste

Another million dollar talk-fest: THE federal government’s 48-hour tax forum in Canberra will cost almost $1 million just to host, it has been revealed. According to the government’s own budget papers from May, an allocation of $900,000 was set aside to hold the two-day talk-fest that starts today. The budget includes transport and accommodation for [...]

For all its flaws, there is one thing this Labor Government can be proud of – a cohesive ability to ignore the reality of its spending addiction.  I applaud every Labor Member of Parliament who has successfully stood in front of a camera and said with a straight face that Wayne Swan is a good [...]

Media Release – Andrew Robb MP  The Gillard Government is pressing ahead with its plan to ramp up the Commonwealth debt limit to $250 billion while avoiding proper parliamentary scrutiny. “Today Labor arrogantly opposed an amendment I moved to give the parliament the opportunity to consider separately and vote on the proposed increase in the [...]

Kelly O’Dwyer MP For all of Labor’s talk of cutting back, we have seen yet another one of Julia Gillard’s promises shattered in this year’s budget. Buried in the budget papers are figures showing that the number of public servants has increased by an unprecedented 24,000 since Labor took power in 2007. That’s the equivalent [...]

 A new Labor low: A GOVERNMENT-BACKED website has warned consumers that a $308 million scheme to give pensioners free set-top boxes is “ripe for scams”. While Julia Gillard has defended her government’s policy to provide and install free set-top boxes for aged pensioners, people on a disability and war veterans, the SCAMwatch website — administered [...]

Speech to the House of Representatives – Jamie Briggs MP  It has the pleasure to rise to night to talk in the adjournment debate about the topic of the day, and that is the big spending, high taxing Labor budget. Last night, the Treasurer said this was a Labor budget, and not a truer word [...]

Media Release – Jamie Briggs MP Today in Question Time Wayne Swan could not explain why Labor is spending $350 to install a set top box when retailers can do the same thing for less than half that amount.  Just like pink batts, green loans, school halls and computers in schools, this latest overpriced spending [...]