Labor Waste

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, [...]

Media Release – The Hon John Cobb MP Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, John Cobb, said today the Gillard government has belatedly realised the extent of the problem it has created for northern cattle producers and the whole cattle industry. ‘Today’s announcement of a further $70 million to top up the original $30 [...]

More examples of how Labor’s failed border protection policies are costing taxpayers: THE cost of charter flights sending asylum seekers and supplies to and from detention centres around the country has hit $5.2 million for just six months. Millions of dollars are also being spent in project management costs to upgrade overcrowded centres and re-open mothballed [...]

 Media Release – Greg Hunt MP   Today the Government has blocked proper scrutiny of the disastrous home insulation scheme. My Private Member’s Bill to set up a Royal Commission was voted down in the House of Representatives. There has arguably been no Government program since World War II which has failed so comprehensively.  The [...]

 Labor’s failed border protection policies have cost Australian taxpayers as much as $1.4 billion: IMMIGRATION Minister Chris Bowen yesterday confirmed the government is facing a budget blowout for the processing and detaining of asylum-seekers, as the Coalition claimed Labor’s failed border protection policy has cost as much as $1.4 billion. Mr Bowen said the Gillard [...]

Media Release – Senator Simon Birmingham Julia Gillard must not dust off plans to use taxpayers’ money as part of a carbon tax sales pitch, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said today. It follows revelations, under Freedom of Information legislation, of the Labor Government’s plans for a multi-million dollar taxpayer funded political [...]